rs28940871(C;G)

Carrier of a Tay-Sachs mutation

Magnitude
3.0Important
Repute
Bad
On SNPedia
rs28940871(C;G)Minus strand
Gene
HEXA

Other genotypes of rs28940871

  1. G;GGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.0
  2. C;CMost notableNot rated23andMe = Tay-Sachs disease likely, but on other platforms this may be the normal formVery important · 5.0

All about rs28940871

Notes

From SNPedia

Unaffected in absence of a second HEXA gene mutation; see discussion at Tay-Sachs disease.

Source and license

Adapted from rs28940871(C;G) 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.

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