rs1805008(C;T)
From SNPedia
Red hair carrier, higher risk of melanoma |
Is a | genotype |
of | rs1805008 |
Gene | MC1R |
Chromosome | 16 |
Position | 89,919,736 |
mentioned | by |
Magnitude | 2.5 |
Repute | Bad |
Geno | Mag | Summary |
---|---|---|
(C;C) | 0 | common in clinvar |
(C;T) | 2.5 | Red hair carrier, higher risk of melanoma |
(T;T) | 3 | ~7-10x higher likelihood of red hair; higher 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.