rs2908004

A SNP in the WNT16 gene on chromosome 7. Its most notable genotype is G;G: weaker bones

Gene
WNT16
Location
Chr 7121,329,715 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
48%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableBadweaker bonesWorth knowing · 2.048% of people
  2. A;AGoodstronger bonesWorth knowing · 2.029% of people

SNPedia records rs2908004 on the minus strand: (C;C), (T;T). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 4 HapMap populations.

  • AverageG;G 48% A;A 29%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 40% A;A 17%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 73% A;A 9%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 77% A;A 5%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 0% A;A 87%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Other WNT16 SNPs

All WNT16 SNPs

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

Osteoporosis

Source and license

Adapted from rs2908004 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.