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What do the positions '31776605 x 95917441' mean in GWAS catalogue data?

426 rows in the GWAS catalogue contain x in the CHR_POS, like '31776605 x 95917441'

What does it mean?

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updated by Corentin Corentin • written by endrebak endrebak

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For SNP-SNP interactions, all elements that are specific to a given SNP (rsID, risk allele, mapped gene, chromosome location etc) are separated by an "x" (eg "rs1336472-A x rs4715555-G")

From: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/docs/faq

Always try to check the documentations before asking a question on a forum, answers for most of the common questions are there.

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written by Corentin Corentin

Thanks! I did read the file format specification :) Strange it said nothing there.

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written by endrebak endrebak

You are welcome :) (by the way, I meant no offense in my post)

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