For an in-depth understanding of genetics and how it works with the SelfDecode platform, you can refer to our help articles.
The most relevant articles to cover the extent of the SD Genetics API are shortlisted below:
- The Basics of Genetics and Health
- Key Terms & Definitions
- Genes & Proteins
- SNPs and Alleles
- Major vs. Reference Allele
- Alternative Allele
- SNP vs. Mutation
- rsID Number
- GWAS
Open Targets Platform
Open Targets is a public-private partnership and a collaborative platform that integrates and provides evidence linking genetic and biological data to diseases. For more details, you can refer here.
The endpoints starting with /open-target... make the non-personalized Open Targets genetic data available over the SD API.
For more details on how this data can be used to retrieve and display information about a particular gene or SNP, alongside your personalized genetic results, refer to the next two sections.