TraitHigh for a replicated marker association in European-ancestry men; ancestry and one-X context required
Male-pattern hair loss tendency
Male-pattern hair loss tendency is a genetic trait Biome reports in its body traits panel: An X-chromosome marker near AR and EDA2R is linked to a higher or lower chance of male-pattern hair loss.
- Category
- Body traits
- Markers
- AR/EDA2R Xq12 tag rs1385699
- Strength of evidence
- High for a replicated marker association in European-ancestry men; ancestry and one-X context required
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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