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Checking a SNP as common SNP or not using UCSC genome browser

Hi all,

I want to know how I can tell if a variant I got is a common SNP or not using UCSC genome browser.

For example, if I got 1:115258683-A>A/C on GRCh37, how can I check if this is a common SNP or rare SNP?

I found that there is "dbSNP 155" in "Variation" in the genome browser, but not sure how I can set it up and check.

Thank you!

snp ucsc-genome-browser

1 answer

I would go in dbSNP and copy paste your SNP location. You can check in this link-

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/rs1192635057#frequency_tab

After you know the rsid you can input in UCSC Genome Browser. You can check this link here-

https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgc?hgsid=1695492544_OXSDhIL9nLUITAX6Awcsv9L3kmHm&db=hg19&c=chr1&l=115801203&r=115801404&o=115801303&t=115801304&g=dbSnp155&i=rs1192635057

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