TraitModerate
Gut secretor status
Gut secretor status is a genetic trait Biome reports in its gut health panel: Whether your FUT2 gene releases blood-group sugars into your gut and saliva, which helps shape your microbiome.
- Category
- Gut health
- Markers
- FUT2 rs601338, LCT rs4988235
- Strength of evidence
- Moderate
Genes
Markers (rsIDs)
How Biome reads this
Biome's at-home DNA test reads this directly from one saliva sample, alongside 650,000+ other markers.
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