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Cortical surface area

near OR5B12 · rs12270515

What the study found

Who was studied 35,657 White British ancestry individuals.

The effect The reported allele is A; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 2 × 10−10.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 21% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 11, band 11q12.1 — between genes, 8.2 kb from OR5B12.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Cortical surface area. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Cortical surface area. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Cortical surface area. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs12270515

What is rs12270515?

rs12270515 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near OR5B12 gene. Published research associates it with cortical surface area. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs12270515 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs12270515 come from?

GWAS Catalog, NeuroImage 2021, PMID:34560273. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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