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Ensembl Get Variants

Get genetic variants (SNPs, indels) in a genomic region. Returns variant information including positions, alleles, and consequences. Use this to find variants overlapping a specific genomic region.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 108msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 108ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "feature": {
      "default": "variation",
      "description": "Feature type to retrieve (default 'variation')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "region": {
      "description": "Genomic region in format 'chromosome:start-end' (e.g., '13:32315086-32400268' or '1:1000000-2000000')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "species": {
      "default": "human",
      "description": "Species name (default 'human'). Examples: 'human', 'mouse', 'rat'",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "region"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Get Variants call

public-safeinput

{
  "region": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ensembl_get_variants
Tool name: ensembl_get_variants
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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