rs1805006(A;C)
From SNPedia
| Red hair carrier, higher risk of melanoma |
| Is a | genotype |
| of | rs1805006 |
| Gene | MC1R |
| Chromosome | 16 |
| Position | 89,919,510 |
| mentioned | by |
| Magnitude | 2.5 |
| Repute | Bad |
| Geno | Mag | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| (A;A) | 3 | Melanoma risk; red hair |
| (A;C) | 2.5 | Red hair carrier, higher risk of melanoma |
| (C;C) | 0 | common in complete genomics |
[PMID 27403562] this genotype raises the melanoma risk 42% (95% CI, 15–76%) higher than that among persons not carrying a similar allele.
