rs8708
A SNP in the JAG1 gene on chromosome 20. Its most notable genotype is T;T: common in clinvar
- Gene
- JAG1
- Location
- Chr 2010,637,926 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
- Minor allele frequency
- 48%
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
SNPedia records rs8708 on the minus strand: (A;A). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.
Frequency
Share of each genotype in 11 HapMap populations.
- AverageT;T 34%
- European ancestry (Utah)T;T 18%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)T;T 69%
- Japanese (Tokyo)T;T 58%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)T;T 24%
- African ancestry (Southwest US)T;T 28%
- Chinese (Denver)T;T 63%
- Gujarati IndianT;T 15%
- Luhya (Kenya)T;T 34%
- Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)T;T 22%
- Maasai (Kenya)T;T 31%
- TuscanT;T 17%
Source and license
Adapted from rs8708 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.