rs948962
A SNP in the MYO7A gene on chromosome 11. Its most notable genotype is C;C: common in clinvar
- Gene
- MYO7A
- Location
- Chr 1177,208,433 (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 rs948962 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 11 HapMap populations.
- AverageC;C 23%
- European ancestry (Utah)C;C 27%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 44%
- Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 50%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 6%
- African ancestry (Southwest US)C;C 9%
- Chinese (Denver)C;C 37%
- Gujarati IndianC;C 38%
- Luhya (Kenya)C;C 4%
- Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 12%
- Maasai (Kenya)C;C 9%
- TuscanC;C 23%
Related
Other MYO7A SNPs
- rs111033290A;AUsher syndrome type 1 (predicted)Very important
- rs1052030A;TCarrier of a mutation for deafnessImportant
- rs111033415A;GCarrier of an Usher syndrome type 1B mutationImportant
- rs121965085C;TCarrier of an Usher syndrome type Ib mutationImportant
- rs368341987A;GProbably a benign variantWorth knowing
- rs139889944G;Gcommon in clinvarTypical
Source and license
Adapted from rs948962 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.