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rs1805009(C;G)

From SNPedia
Red hair carrier, higher risk of melanoma
Is agenotype
ofrs1805009
GeneMC1R, TUBB3
Chromosome16
Position89,920,138
mentionedby
Magnitude2.5
ReputeBad
Geno Mag Summary
(C;C) 3 red hair possible, higher risk of melanoma
(C;G) 2.5 Red hair carrier, higher risk of melanoma
(G;G) 0 common in clinvar

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