{{Rsnum
|rsid=174583
|Gene=FADS2
|Chromosome=11
|position=61842278
|Orientation=plus
|GMAF=0.3972
|Assembly=GRCh38
|GenomeBuild=38.1
|dbSNPBuild=141
|geno1=(C;C)
|geno2=(C;T)
|geno3=(T;T)
|Gene_s=FADS2
}}{{ population diversity
| geno1=(C;C)
| geno2=(C;T)
| geno3=(T;T)
| CEU | 43.4 | 43.4 | 13.3
| HCB | 40.1 | 43.8 | 16.1
| JPT | 43.8 | 34.8 | 21.4
| YRI | 56.5 | 35.4 | 8.2
| ASW | 50.9 | 40.4 | 8.8
| CHB | 40.1 | 43.8 | 16.1
| CHD | 27.8 | 43.5 | 28.7
| GIH | 82.2 | 17.8 | 0.0
| LWK | 50.9 | 42.7 | 6.4
| MEX | 12.1 | 36.2 | 51.7
| MKK | 45.5 | 44.2 | 10.3
| TSI | 56.9 | 31.4 | 11.8
| HapMapRevision=28
}}{{PMID Auto GWAS
|PMID=20339536
|Trait=Response to statin therapy
|Title=Genome-wide association of lipid-lowering response to statins in combined study populations
|RiskAllele=T
|Pval=0.000003
|OR=None
|ORtxt=None
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=20395685
|Title=Association of fatty acid desaturase gene polymorphisms with blood lipid essential fatty acids and perinatal depression among Canadian women: a pilot study
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=18936223
|Title=Genetic variants of the FADS1 FADS2 gene cluster are associated with altered (n-6) and (n-3) essential fatty acids in plasma and erythrocyte phospholipids in women during pregnancy and in breast milk during lactation.
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=20565855
|Title=Genetic variation in lipid desaturases and its impact on the development of human disease.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=22960237
|Title=Bivariate genome-wide association study suggests fatty acid desaturase genes and cadherin DCHS2 for variation of both compressive strength index and appendicular lean mass in males
}}

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{{on chip | 23andMe v4}}
{{on chip | Affy GenomeWide 6}}
{{on chip | HumanOmni1Quad}}