Explore the association between your genetic data and diseases, conditions, traits and medication reactions.
Works with DNA data from any genetic testing including
Compatible with data aligned to any reference genome including GRCh38, hg19/GRCh37 and hg18/GRCh36.
With Genome Explorer, you can view and browse your DNA data. You can also easily sort, filter and search your data.
Use Genome Explorer to search your DNA by:
Genome Explorer works great with most whole genome sequencing data files. When you receive your genome, however, it can be provided in many different file formats, which can make it a bit daunting to know which file is best to use with each DNA analysis app.
Our blog post How To Use Genome Sequencing Data provides clear guidance for which files are optimal to use not only with Genome Explorer but with all of the apps in our DNA App Store.
Please click on the 'Guide and FAQs' tab on this page to view helpful instructions and guidance about what the data provided by Genome Explorer means, and what it doesn't mean. We've also included answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Each row in Genome Explorer provides information on a position within your genome.
Each column provides additional information about that position. The information that appears in each column is described below.
Chromosome. This is the chromosome that the variant is located on. Each variant is located on only a single chromosome.
The position of the variant on the chromosome.
The name of the gene that the variant is located within.
The rsID for the snp. This can be searched on dbSNP.
The value for this position in the human reference genome, GRCh38.
The alternative allele for this position.
If the snp is pathogenic, alternative alleles denote increased risk.
This column contains the 'result' from your genetic test. It is obtained directly from your DNA data file.
The disease, trait, or medication reaction associated with the genetic variant.
An indication of whether all available scientific studies and clinical data support the association between the variant and the condition.
An indication of the amount of confidence for the Interpretation.
Clickable link to each journal article that has been published about the association between the variant and the condition.
Clickable links that take you directly to additional information for each variant.
The image of chromosomes at the top of your Genome Explorer is the same image for everyone. It shows all of the chromosomes that can exist for a human and is not related to your specific DNA data.
The image of the Y chromosome (as well as the image of all other chromosomes) appears the same in everyone's Genome Explorer, including for all males and for all females.
If you are female, this doesn't mean you have a Y chromosome. You can explore this further by clicking on the image of the Y chromosome. For females, the column 'Your Data' will show all dashes "-", which means no data was detected. Having no data detected on the Y chromosome is consistent with there being no Y chromosome.
If a rsid, such as rs74956615, is not detected then this means the chromosomal position for that rsid (the position within the genome) is located with a 'homozygous reference block.'
A block is two or more consecutive positions within the genome that are all homozygous reference. Homozygous reference means your result at that position is the same as the reference genome.
Some blocks can be ten of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of positions in length. When a rsid exists within a block, it won't be detected by searching for that rsid. Instead, please try searching by 'Position', which for rs74956615 is 10317045. You can determine the position of a rsid using the dbSNP database for rs74956615.
When searching the Position column for 10317045, the result should be the block that contains this position, which should list the start position, the end position, and the first letter of the sequence. We don't list the entire sequence of the block as it could be enormous in size.
Checking dbSNP for rs74956615 shows that the reference genome has a 'T' at position 10317045 on chromosome 19, so your result for rs74956615 will be TT.
Most gene names have aliases (also known as synonyms). For example, the BRCA1 gene is also known as BRCC1, BROVCA1, FANCS, PNCA4, PSCP and RNF53. Each of those names is an alias for the same gene. This can get pretty confusing!
Genome Explorer takes this into consideration and makes it easy to search using any alias. Simply search for any alias the gene is known by and Genome Explorer will always know what gene you are referring to.
For example, if you search for FANCS, Genome Explorer will know this is the same as the BRCA1 gene. The search results will show all of your data that's associated with the BRCA1 gene.
It's also important to point out that if you search for FANCS, the results will not show 'FANCS' in the Gene column. Instead, BRCA1 will appear. This is because BRCA1 is the most widely used name for this gene. (The most widely used gene name is also known as the HGNC Approved Gene Symbol.)
So if you search for a gene and a different gene name appears, it's because each name is an alias for the same gene. You can verify gene aliases at HGNC's GeneNames.org.
Some data files may not contain a rsid (also known as a rs#) for a variant. Instead, the file may identify the variant simply by it's chromosomal coordinate or the file may use an alternative identification system. Genome Explorer is very advanced and if a data file does not include a rsid for a variant, Genome Explorer will try to add this information.
For example, 23andMe files identify some variants by an i# instead of a rsid. While the i# is an ID system used only by 23andMe, the rsid is the ID used by all scientists throughout the world. Because the rsid is universally recognized as the standard nomenclature for variant identification, Genome Explorer will always try to indicate the rsid for a variant even if the original data file doesn't include the rsid.
While Genome Explorer always tries to assign a rsid to a variant, sometimes this is not possible. For example, a rsid may not appear for a variant because a rsid has not yet been established for that specific variant.
When you see a condition (disease, trait, medication reaction, etc. ) in Genome Explorer Plus, it doesn't mean you have an increased risk for that condition.
When a condition appears in Genome Explorer, it means that the genetic variant listed in that row has been associated in scientific research with that condition. Whether your genetic data indicates that you are at risk of that condition will depend upon the interpretation of your raw genetic data. Your raw genetic data is located in the 'Genotype' column.
Example:
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Genome Explorer does not perform any analysis about whether you do or do not have a risk for a condition. Because of this, Genome Explorer will not state that you are or are not at risk for any condition. Only the apps in the 'Health' category of the App Market provide analysis as to whether you are likely to be at increased risk of a condition.
When it appears in Genome Explorer, the term 'Pathogenic' is determined only by the variant, not by your genetic data. Everyone's Genome Explorer that lists that same variant will always show the same data in the interpretation column.
For example, if person A and person B both take 23andMe's DNA test and then they both use Genome Explorer to explore their DNA data, they will have the same list of genetic variants (because 23andMe performs the same test for everyone). While the results for each genetic variant will be unique between person A and person B, the list of variants will be exactly the same.
Since person A and person B will have the same list of variants, they will also have the same information in the 'Interpretation' column of their Genome Explorer. This is because the information in the Interpretation column is associated with the variant.
If 'Pathogenic' appears in the Interpretation column, this is because researchers have identified the variant as being associated with the condition. This is why the term 'Pathogenic' is used. The term Pathogenic does not mean that you have the variant or that this variant is harmful to your health.
The word 'Interpretation' and all the terms in that column such as 'Pathogenic' are official terms obtained directly from the NIH's ClinVar database. Please see the table at the end of this section for more information about the meaning of the terms in the Interpretation column.
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Benign | As recommended by ACMG/AMP for variants interpreted for Mendelian disorders. | |
Likely benign | As recommended by ACMG/AMP for variants interpreted for Mendelian disorders. | |
Uncertain significance | As recommended by ACMG/AMP for variants interpreted for Mendelian disorders. | |
Likely pathogenic | As recommended by ACMG/AMP for variants interpreted for Mendelian disorders. | |
Pathogenic |
As recommended by ACMG/AMP for variants interpreted for Mendelian disorders. Variants that have low penetrance may be submitted as "Pathogenic"; please also include information about the penetrance in a "Comment on clinical significance". |
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drug response | A general term for a variant that affects a drug response, not a disease. We anticipate adding more specific drug response terms based on a recommendation by CPIC. | |
association | For variants identified in a GWAS study and further interpreted for their clinical significance. | |
risk factor | For variants that are interpreted not to cause a disorder but to increase the risk. | |
protective | For variants that decrease the risk of a disorder, including infections. | |
Affects | For variants that cause a non-disease phenotype, such as lactose intolerance. | |
conflicting data from submitters | Only for submissions from a consortium, where groups within the consortium have conflicting intepretations of a variant but provide a single submission to ClinVar. | |
other | If ClinVar does not have the appropriate term for your submission, we ask that you submit "other" as clinical significance and contact us to discuss if there are other terms we should add. | |
not provided |
For submissions without an interpretation of clinical significance. The primary goal of ClinVar annotations within Genome Explorer Plus is to archive reports of the clinical significance of variants. Therefore submissions with a clinical significance of "not provided" should be limited to:
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Whole Genome Sequencing | FASTQ and FQ | SNP / SNV (Single Nucleotide Variants) |
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Exome Sequencing | FASTA and FA | INDEL (Insertion Deletion Variants) |
hg19 / GRCh37 | |||
Ultimate DNA Test | BAM | SV (Structural Variations) |
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23andMe | SAM | CNV (Copy Number Variations) |
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AncestryDNA | CRAM | MITO (Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy) |
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MyHeritage | VCF | |||||
Dante Labs | Genome VCF (gVCF and GVCF) | |||||
Nebula Genomics | TXT | |||||
Genes for Good | CSV | |||||
Living DNA | TAB | |||||
HomeDNA | gz and zip compressed files | |||||
FTDNA | almost all other genetic data formats | |||||
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Toolbox Genomics | ||||||
Full Genomes | ||||||
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24Genetics | ||||||
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Helix | ||||||
Genos | ||||||
tellmeGen | ||||||
GSA | ||||||
Axiom | ||||||
almost all other genetic tests |
Ultimate DNA Test |
Ultimate Genome Sequencing |
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Condition
the disease, trait or medication reaction associated with the genetic variant
Interpretation
an indication of whether all available scientific studies and clinical data support the association between the variant and the condition
'Pathogenic' and 'Likely Pathogenic' indicate support for the association
'Benign' and 'Likely Benign' indicate that the variant may not be associated with the condition
Review Status
an indication of the amount of confidence for the Interpretation
Four stars = highest confidence that the Interpretation is correct
Half of one star = lowest confidence that the Interpretation is correct
this usually occurs when there is only one study about the association between the variant and the condition and therefore the Interpretation is based only on a single study
References
clickable link to each journal article that has been published about the association between the variant and the condition
Links
clickable links that take you directly to additional information (ClinVar) for each variant
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