Genetically determined physical & health-related traits

If you tested your DNA with a personal genomics service like 23andMe, DeCODEme, FTDNA's Family Finder or another testing company, you can learn more about your risk factors for hundreds of diseases. Many of these SNP's are tested but not (yet) part of the report provided by personal genomics companies. This is free extra information.

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List of physical & health-related traits and their associated genes

Testing companies :
A = 23andMe (all versions) ; A2* = 23andMe (v2 only) ; A2 = 23andMe (v2 & v3) ; A3 = 23andMe (v3 only)
B = DeCODEme
C = FTDNA (Family Finder v2)
Bold letters indicate that the SNP is part of the official report, and is therefore likely to be more reliable. Only SNP's in the official report are listed for deCODEme.

Description	Chromosome	Gene	SNP	Tested by*	Related links
Alcohol flush reaction	12	ALDH2	rs671	A
Antidepressant response	7	ABCB1	rs2032583	A
	13	intergenic	rs6311	A
Back Pain	15	CILP	rs2073711	A
Blood glucose level	B	G6PC2	rs560887	A
Blood type (Duffy)	A	DARC	rs2814778	A
Blood type (Kell)	7	KEL	rs8176058	A
			rs8176059	A
Blood type (ABO)	9	ABO	rs8176719	A
			rs8176743	A
			rs8176746	A
			rs8176747	A
			rs7853989	A
Blood type (Diego)	17	SLC4A1	rs2285644	A
Blood type (Kidd)	18	SLC14A1	rs1058396	A
Circadian Rhythm	A	ARNTL
	B	PER2
	A	PER3
	4	CLOCK
	17	AANAT
Circadian Rhythm (evening preference for C)	4	CLOCK	rs1801260	A
Cleft Lip/Palate	8	intergenic	rs987525	A	Link
Cluster Headaches	6	HCRTR2	rs2653349	A
Colour Blindness (Daltonism)	X	OPN1LW
Dancer vs non-dancer	12	AVPR1A			Link
	17	SERT (5HTT)
Earwax Type	16	ABCC11	rs17822931	A
HDL cholesterol level	6	EDN1	rs5370	A
Height	6	ESR1	rs2179922	A3	SNPedia
	12	HMGA2	rs1042725	A
	20	UQCC	rs6060369	A3
			rs6060371	A3
High blood pressure	A	CLCN6	rs17376328	A	SNPedia
	A	intergenic	rs198358	A	Link
	A	intergenic	rs632793
	B	STK39	rs3754777	A
			rs6749447	A3
	6	EDN1	rs5370	A
HLA type	6	HLA
Lactose intolerance	B	MCM6	rs4988235	A, B
			rs182549	A
Longevity	6	FOXO3	rs2802292	A	SNPedia, Link
	7	IL6	rs1800795	A
	9	intergenic	rs2811712	A
	11	intergenic	rs2542052	A
	15	IGF1R	rs34516635	A3
	16	CETP	rs5882	A
	17	TP53	rs1042522	A
Male infertility	B	GTF2A1L	rs2293275	A
	4	ART3	rs6836703	A
			rs14773	A
			rs11097230
			rs17001385
	16	PRM1	rs35576928	A
	19	INSL3	rs2286662
Male-pattern baldness	X	AR (NR3C4)	rs2223841	A
	X	AR	rs6152	A
	X	intergenic	rs925391	A
	20	20p11	rs1160312	A3
	20		rs2180439	A
Metabolism of xenobiotics (including caffeine, and many P-450 drugs)	15	CYP1A2	rs762551	A	Link
Myopia (short-sightedness)	17	COL1A1	rs2075555	A	Link 1
			rs2269336
			rs1107946	A3
	X	MYP1			Link 2
	18	MYP2
	12	MYP3
	7	MYP4
	17	MYP5
	22	MYP6			Link 3
	11	MYP7
	3	MYP8
	4	MYP9
	8	MYP10
	4	MYP11
	B	MYP12
	X	MYP13
Obesity	B	intergenic	rs7566605	A	SNPedia
	5	PCSK1	rs6232	A
	11	intergenic	rs662799	A
	16	FTO	rs3751812	A, B
			rs9930506	A
			rs9939609	A
	18	intergenic	rs10871777	A
	18	intergenic	rs12970134	A
Odor Sensitivity	14	OR11H7P	rs1953558	A
Pain Sensitivity	22	COMT	rs6269	A
Persistent Fetal Hemoglobin	B	BCL11A	rs10195871	A
Physical endurance	B	EPAS1		A	Link 1
	5	ADRB2		A
	11	ACTN3		A
	17	ACE		A
	19	APOE		A
Red hair (and poor tanning ability)	16	MC1R	rs1805009		a.k.a. Asp294His or D294H ; most common variant - risk allele = C
			rs1805008	A, B, C	a.k.a. Arg160Trp or R160W ; most common in Irish ancestry - risk allele =T
			rs1805007	A, B	a.k.a. Arg151Cys or R151C ; more responsive to the anesthetics pentazocine, nalbuphine, and butorphanol - risk allele = T
			rs1805006	A, B, C	a.k.a. D84E ; higher risk of melanoma - risk allele = A
			rs11547464	A	a.k.a. R142H - risk allele = A
			rs34474212	A	a.k.a. S83P - risk allele = C
			rs1110400	A, C	a.k.a. I155T - risk allele = C
			i3002507	A	a.k.a. D294H - risk allele = C
			rs2228479	A, B, C	a.k.a. Val92Met or V92M ; red beard - risk allele = A
Resistance to HIV and AIDS	3	CCR5	i3003626	A
	6	HCP5	rs2395029	A
	17	CCL3L1
Resitance to Malaria	A	DARC	rs2814778	A
	11	HBB	i3003137	A
	X	G6PD	rs1050828	A
Resitance to Norovirus	19	FUT2	rs601338	A
Restless Legs Syndrome	B	MEIS1	rs9789535	A, B	SNPedia
			rs2192954	A, B
	6	BTBD9	rs3923809	A, B
	15	MAP2K5	rs11635424	A, B
Sense of taste (bitterness)	7	TAS2R4		A
	7	TAS2R5		A
	7	TAS2R16		A
	12	TAS2R8		A
	12	TAS2R38		A
	12	TAS2R48		A
Sense of taste (sweetness)	A	TAS1R2		A
Sense of taste (umami)	A	TAS1R1		A
Sense of taste (sourness)	10	PKD2L1		A
Sense of taste (spiciness)	17	TRPV1		A
Sense of taste (signal)	7	GNAT3		A
	11	TRPM5		A
	15	PLCB2		A
Sprinters vs endurance runners	11	ACTN3	rs1815739	A	Link 1