rs590787
A SNP in the RHD gene on chromosome 1. Its most notable genotype is G;G: Rh- (Rhesus negative)
- Gene
- RHD
- Location
- Chr 125,303,452 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 1.0Minor
- Tested on
- 23andMe
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
- G;GMost notableNot ratedRh- (Rhesus negative)
- A;GNot ratedRh+ (Rhesus factor positive)
- A;ANot ratedRh+ (Rhesus factor positive)
SNPedia records rs590787 on the minus strand: (C;C), (C;T), (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 6% A;G 25% A;A 69%
- European ancestry (Utah)G;G 19% A;G 40% A;A 42%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 0% A;G 19% A;A 81%
- Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 0% A;G 9% A;A 91%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 6% A;G 30% A;A 64%
Related
Notes
From SNPedia
Notes
rs590787 encodes a SNP that determines Rh (Rhesus) blood group (D antigen) status. Someone who is "Rh positive" or "Rh+" has at least one + allele, i.e. rs590787(T), but could have two. Someone who is "Rh negative" always has two - alleles and is rs590787(C;C). Wikipedia
Source and license
Adapted from rs590787 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.