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TraitHigh when observed

Alcohol flush

Alcohol flush is a genetic trait Biome reports in its food & drink panel: Whether drinking alcohol turns your face red, driven by the ALDH2 gene.

Category
Food & drink
Markers
ALDH2 rs671
Strength of evidence
High when observed

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

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