rs4531

A SNP in the DBH gene on chromosome 9. Its most notable genotype is G;G: common on affy axiom data

Gene
DBH
Location
Chr 9133,644,248 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
6%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableGoodcommon on affy axiom dataTypical · 0.081% of people

On SNPedia: (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 9 HapMap populations.

  • AverageG;G 81%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 89%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 98%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 79%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 70%
  • Gujarati IndianG;G 83%
  • Luhya (Kenya)G;G 68%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)G;G 88%
  • Maasai (Kenya)G;G 69%
  • TuscanG;G 86%

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

Cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes implicated in a nicotine dependence association study targeting 348 candidate genes with 3713 SNPs.

Source and license

Adapted from rs4531 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.