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Earwax type & body odor

ABCC11 · rs17822931

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Where this position leads

Condition: Smell Perception and Specific Anosmias

Smell & taste: Smell — what reaches you, and what does not

rs17822931 Condition: Smell Perception and Specific Anosmias Smell Perception and Specific Anosmias Condition Smell & taste: Smell Smell Smell & taste rs17822931 ABCC11

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with wet-type earwax and typical underarm body odor / apocrine sweat gland activity.
C/T One copy of each allele. Published research associates this genotype with wet-type earwax, similar to C/C.
T/T Published research associates this genotype with dry, flaky earwax and reduced underarm body odor — this variant is common in East Asian populations and is one of the best-characterized examples of a single gene controlling multiple visible traits.

Source: Yoshiura et al. 2006, Nature Genetics — a SNP in ABCC11 determines earwax type.

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