| Generally European; Light skin; Possibly an increased risk of melanoma |
| Geno
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Mag
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Summary
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| (C;C)
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1.1
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generally non-European, but if European, 7x more likely to have black hair
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| (C;G)
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2
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if European, 7x more likely to have black hair
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| (G;G)
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1.1
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Generally European; Light skin; Possibly an increased risk of melanoma
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This SNP is associated with skin, hair, and eye colour, and risk of melanoma. Individuals with the G;G genotype are generally of European descent and have fair skin.
[PMID 19710684
] In a population-based case-control study investigating a number of pigmentation-related SNPs and their correlation with cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in a Caucasian Australian population, rs16891982 (variant F374L) was found to be associated with odds ratios of 3.44, 2.86, 1.68, and 1.68 for all study subjects (1,738 CMM cases and 4,517 controls); subjects with northern European ancestry (1,438 cases and 3,098 controls); northern European subjects adjusted for hair, eye, and skin colour; and northern European subjects adjusted for the MC1R genotype, respectively (p<0.001 for all).
] In a population-based case-control study investigating a number of pigmentation-related SNPs and their correlation with cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in a Caucasian Australian population, rs16891982 (variant F374L) was found to be associated with odds ratios of 3.44, 2.86, 1.68, and 1.68 for all study subjects (1,738 CMM cases and 4,517 controls); subjects with northern European ancestry (1,438 cases and 3,098 controls); northern European subjects adjusted for hair, eye, and skin colour; and northern European subjects adjusted for the MC1R genotype, respectively (p<0.001 for all).
