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Who was studied 15,731 British ancestry red hair individuals, 283,920 British ancestry brown or black hair individuals.
The effect
The reported allele is C; the catalogue records no effect size
; p = 1 × 10−13.
How common The C allele had a frequency of about 11% in the people studied.
Where it sits Chromosome 16, band 16q24.3 — in a regulatory region of CHMP1A.
What each result means
C/CTwo copies of the version the research linked to Red vs. brown/black hair color. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
C/TOne copy of the version the research linked to Red vs. brown/black hair color. That is a smaller link than two copies.
T/TNo copy of the version the research linked to Red vs. brown/black hair color. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
Nature communications · 2018 · PMID 30531825 · open access
Questions about rs55839877
What is rs55839877?
rs55839877 is a single position in the genome, in or near the DPEP1 gene. Published research associates it with red vs. brown/black hair color. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
What conditions is rs55839877 linked to?
On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Hair Color. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.
Does having rs55839877 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 rs55839877 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Nature communications 2018, PMID:30531825. 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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