rs2853676

A SNP in the TERT gene on chromosome 5. Its most notable genotype is C;C.

Gene
TERT
Location
Chr 51,288,432 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
23%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. C;CMost notableNot ratedNo summary available.Typical · 0.058% of people

SNPedia records rs2853676 on the minus strand: (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 11 HapMap populations.

  • AverageC;C 58%
  • European ancestry (Utah)C;C 53%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 69%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 71%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 63%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)C;C 68%
  • Chinese (Denver)C;C 76%
  • Gujarati IndianC;C 40%
  • Luhya (Kenya)C;C 53%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 62%
  • Maasai (Kenya)C;C 30%
  • TuscanC;C 50%

Other TERT SNPs

All TERT SNPs

Source and license

Adapted from rs2853676 on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.