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TraitSupported in East Asian cohorts

Earwax & underarm odor tendency

Earwax & underarm odor tendency is a genetic trait Biome reports in its body traits panel: This result shows whether you likely have wet or dry earwax. It also shows whether you tend to have more or less underarm odor.

Category
Body traits
Markers
ABCC11 rs17822931
Strength of evidence
Supported in East Asian cohorts

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.

Biome DNA test

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