rs641615

A SNP in the KRT5 gene on chromosome 12. Its most notable genotype is G;G: common in clinvar

Gene
KRT5
Location
Chr 1252,519,125 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
25%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.098% of people

SNPedia records rs641615 on the minus strand: (C;C). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in one HapMap population.

  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 98%

Other KRT5 SNPs

All KRT5 SNPs

Source and license

Adapted from rs641615 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.