rs726070(C;T)

Carrier of a variant now thought likely to be benign

Magnitude
1.0Minor
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
4%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs726070(A;G)Minus strand
Gene
LOC101928103

Frequency

Share of people with C;T in each HapMap population.

  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)9%
  • European ancestry (Utah)7%
  • Tuscan5%
  • Gujarati Indian4%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)4%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)4%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)4%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)1%
  • Chinese (Denver)<1%
  • Luhya (Kenya)<1%
  • Maasai (Kenya)<1%

Other genotypes of rs726070

  1. T;TMost notableNot ratedTwo copies of a variant now thought likely to benignMinor · 1.00% of people
  2. C;CGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.096% of people

All about rs726070

Notes

From SNPedia

Over a decade ago, the variant allele was considered a recessive mutation associated with a form of ichthyosis; the current consensus is that it's actually likely to be benign.

Source and license

Adapted from rs726070(A;G) 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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