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Sure. There are lots of SNP databases out there. The NIH has a great repository, for instance. There’s even a wiki of most known SNPs, with descriptions.

It’s kind of labor intensive without automation. But, I’m sure someone has written a script to compare raw SNP data to SNP databases.

Things to keep in mind: 1) raw SNP data contains errors. 2) A particular SNP may be associated with condition X, but many other SNPs could be also be associated with X. And, rarely is it understood how they work together (since they’re often located in different genes). 3) a lot of SNP research is done using small samples, i.e. not much confidence. (A GWAS will produce more confidence, but also identify fewer SNPs of interest.)




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