Trait
Fish odor
Body odor characterized by an offensive body odor and the smell of rotting fish due to the excessive excretion of trimethylamine (TMA) in the urine, sweat, and breath of affected individuals.
Summary
- Also called
- Fishy odor, Fishy body odor, Fishy body odour, Fishy odour
- Body system
- Constitutional symptom
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Fish odor is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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