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rs1805007(C;T)

From SNPedia
Carrier of a red hair associated variant; higher risk of melanoma
Is agenotype
ofrs1805007
GeneMC1R
Chromosome16
Position89,919,709
mentionedby
Magnitude2.7
ReputeBad
Geno Mag Summary
(C;C) 0 normal risk
(C;T) 2.7 Carrier of a red hair associated variant; higher risk of melanoma
(T;T) 3.2 increased response to anesthetics; 13-20x higher likelihood of red hair; increased risk of melanoma

[PMID 27403562] this genotype raises the melanoma risk 42% (95% CI, 15–76%) higher than that among persons not carrying a similar allele.