SNPedia

SNPedia
Content
Descriptiona wiki of human single-nucleotide polymorphisms and genotypes
Data types
captured		single-nucleotide polymorphisms, genotypes, genes, variation
OrganismsHomo sapiens
Contact
Primary citationPMID 22140107
Access
Websitewww.snpedia.com
Download URLwww.snpedia.com/index.php/Bulk
Web service URLbots.snpedia.com/api.php
Miscellaneous
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
Curation policywiki

SNPedia (pronounced "snipedia") is a wiki-based bioinformatics web site that serves as a database of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Each article on a SNP provides a short description, links to scientific articles and personal genomics web sites, as well as microarray information about that SNP. Thus SNPedia may support the interpretation of results of personal genotyping from, e.g., 23andMe and similar companies.[1]

SNPedia is a semantic wiki, powered by MediaWiki and the Semantic MediaWiki extension.

SNPedia was created, and is run by, geneticist Greg Lennon[2] and programmer Mike Cariaso,[3] who at the time of the site's founding were both located in Bethesda, Maryland.[4]

As of 27 June 2019, the website has 537 medical conditions[5] and 109,729 SNPs in its database.[6] The number of SNPs in SNPedia has doubled roughly once every 14 months since August 2007.[7]

On 7 September 2019, MyHeritage announced that they acquired both SNPedia and Promethease. All non-European raw genetic data files previously uploaded to Promethease, and not deleted by users by 1 Nov 2019, are to be copied to MyHeritage and the users will receive a free MyHeritage account with paid level of services, including Cousin Matching and Ethnicities.[8]

  1. ^ Michael Cariaso (2007-12-17). "SNPedia: A Wiki for Personal Genomics". Bio-IT World.
  2. ^ John Carey (2008-10-23). "Is Genetic Testing Really Good for Your Health?". LEX18.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Daniel MacArthur (2008-11-05). "Nature special issue on personal genomics". scienceblogs.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  4. ^ "Genes R Us". Science. 319 (5860): 139. 11 January 2008. doi:10.1126/science.319.5860.139b. S2CID 1780817.
  5. ^ "Category:Is a medical condition - SNPedia". www.snpedia.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  6. ^ "SNPedia:FAQ".
  7. ^ SNPedia: a wiki supporting personal genome annotation, interpretation and analysis[dead link‍], Michael Cariaso and Greg Lennon, Nucleic Acids Research, 2011, 1–5
  8. ^ "MyHeritage Acquires Promethease and SNPedia". www.businesswire.com. 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2019-09-09.