TraitHigh for a small erythrocyte or whole-blood zinc association in European-ancestry cohorts; null for serum zinc
Zinc level (CA1 marker)
Zinc level (CA1 marker) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its minerals panel: A marker near CA1 is linked to baseline or higher zinc measured in red blood cells and whole blood.
- Category
- Minerals
- Markers
- CA1 locus · rs1532423
- Strength of evidence
- High for a small erythrocyte or whole-blood zinc association in European-ancestry cohorts; null for serum zinc
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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