rs5987201
A SNP in the MECP2 gene on chromosome X. Its most notable genotype is C;C.
- Gene
- MECP2
- Location
- Chr X154,064,591 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- 23andMe
- Minor allele frequency
- 8%
Genotypes
As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
On SNPedia: (C;C). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.
Frequency
Share of each genotype in 8 HapMap populations.
- AverageC;C 93%
- European ancestry (Utah)C;C 95%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 99%
- Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 99%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 65%
- Chinese (Denver)C;C 99%
- Gujarati IndianC;C 97%
- Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 93%
- TuscanC;C 96%
Related
Other MECP2 SNPs
- rs28934904A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs28934906A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs28934907A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs28935468A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs61748404C;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs61748421A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs61749721A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
- rs61750240A;GRett Syndrome (predicted)Very important
Source and license
Adapted from rs5987201 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.