rs6857
A SNP in the NECTIN2 gene on chromosome 19. Its most notable genotype is C;C: common/normal
- Gene
- NECTIN2
- Location
- Chr 1944,888,997 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- AncestryDNA
- Minor allele frequency
- 11%
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
SNPedia records rs6857 on the minus strand: (G;G). 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.
- AverageC;C 80%
- European ancestry (Utah)C;C 71%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 78%
- Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 77%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 94%
Source and license
Adapted from rs6857 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.