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TraitModerate

Selenium level

Selenium level is a genetic trait Biome reports in its minerals panel: How your genes lean your circulating selenium level, a little higher or lower.

Category
Minerals
Markers
CBS rs1789953
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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