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TraitLow when observed

Vitamin C absorption

Vitamin C absorption is a genetic trait Biome reports in its vitamins & nutrients panel: Whether you carry a variant that lowers vitamin C transport into cells.

Category
Vitamins & nutrients
Markers
SLC23A1 rs33972313
Strength of evidence
Low when observed
DNA-test coverage
If covered

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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