rs4988235(A;G)

Likely to be able to digest milk as an adult

Magnitude
1.1Minor
Repute
Good
Frequency
17%Average of 8 populations
On SNPedia
rs4988235(C;T)Minus strand
Gene
MCM6

Frequency

Share of people with A;G in each HapMap population.

  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)40%
  • European ancestry (Utah)36%
  • Gujarati Indian28%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)18%
  • Tuscan15%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)0%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)0%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%

Other genotypes of rs4988235

  1. G;GMost notableBadlikely to be lactose intolerant as an adultWorth knowing · 2.574% of people
  2. A;AGoodcan digest milkMinor · 1.19% of people

All about rs4988235

Notes

From SNPedia

Approximately 80% of individuals with this genotype are able to digest milk (lactose) as adults.

Source and license

Adapted from rs4988235(C;T) 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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