Known Variants
locus_variantsRead-onlyIdempotent
List natural germline variants overlapping a plant locus, returning SNPs and indels with IDs, consequence, alleles, and clinical significance via Ensembl.
Instructions
List natural (germline) variants overlapping a locus's genomic span via Ensembl (rest.ensembl.org; free, no key). Resolves the locus → gene coordinates, then returns EVA/dbSNP-sourced SNPs and indels with id, source, consequence class, alleles, and clinical significance. variant_count is the true overlap total; the variant list is capped for payload size with truncated flagged. Opens the variation axis (distinct from get_sequence / ensembl_region_query). Works for all 12 organisms. Defaults to arabidopsis_thaliana; pass organism= for other species.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | Max variant rows to return. 'variant_count' always reports the true pre-cap total and 'truncated' says whether the cap bit. | |
| locus | Yes | e.g. AT1G01010 (Arabidopsis), Os01g0100100 (rice RAP-DB) | |
| organism | No | Plant organism — accepts canonical slug (arabidopsis_thaliana), scientific or common name, or NCBI taxid | arabidopsis_thaliana |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| locus | Yes | ||
| region | Yes | Queried gene span, e.g. '1:33666-37840' | |
| gene_end | No | Gene span end (1-based) | |
| organism | Yes | Resolved Ensembl species slug | |
| variants | No | Per-variant {id, source, consequence_type, alleles, …} | |
| truncated | Yes | True if the variant list was capped | |
| gene_start | No | Gene span start (1-based) | |
| variant_count | Yes | Total overlapping variants (pre-cap) |