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Nothing else here links to this position yet — but the page above is the point: what the
research found, what each genotype means, and where it came from, in language you can
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What the study found
Who was studied 1,544 Sub-Saharan African ancestry individuals.
The effect
Each copy of the T allele shifted the measure 3.77 lower; p = 4 × 10−11.
How common The T allele had a frequency of about 9% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 15, band 15q21.1 — between genes, 39.1 kb from LINC01491.
What each result means
G/GNo copy of the version the research linked to Skin color in red band. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
G/TOne copy of the version the research linked to Skin color in red band. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/TTwo copies of the version the research linked to Skin color in red band. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
American journal of human genetics · 2026 · PMID 42586059
Questions about rs470888
What is rs470888?
rs470888 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near LINC01491 gene. Published research associates it with skin color in red band. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
Does having rs470888 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 rs470888 come from?
GWAS Catalog, American journal of human genetics 2026, PMID:42586059. 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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