POLR3A · rs2559658
Where this position leads
Condition: Height
What the study found
Who was studied 394,642 European ancestry individuals.
The effect Each copy of the G allele shifted the measure 0.00973 lower (95% confidence interval 0.0069-0.0126); p = 4 × 10−13.
How common The G allele had a frequency of about 81% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 10, band 10q22.3 — in an intron of POLR3A.
What ClinVar records
Classification
Benign; criteria provided, single submitter (1 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2021-03-24.
ClinVar record 1263699 NM_007055.4(POLR3A):c.3072-171T>C
What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-10-19 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.
rs2559658 is a single position in the genome, in or near the POLR3A gene. Published research associates it with standing height (ukb data field 50). A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Height. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
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.
GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2025, PMID:39789286. 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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Standing height (UKB data field 50) (rs2559658). MyGeneLog™. https://www.mygenelog.com/variants/rs2559658