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TraitModerate when observed

Vitamin A from plants

Vitamin A from plants is a genetic trait Biome reports in its vitamins & nutrients panel: How well you convert plant beta-carotene into active vitamin A.

Category
Vitamins & nutrients
Markers
BCO1 rs7501331
Strength of evidence
Moderate when observed

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.

Biome DNA test

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