TraitSupported in East Asian cohorts
How likely alcohol is to make your face red
How likely alcohol is to make your face red is a genetic trait Biome reports in its food & drink panel: How likely a small amount of alcohol is to make your face feel warm or look red. Your DNA is not a guarantee. Drinking history and other genes can change the reaction.
- Category
- Food & drink
- Markers
- ALDH2 rs671
- 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.
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