rs1805008(T;T)

~7-10x higher likelihood of red hair; higher risk of melanoma

Magnitude
3.0Important
Repute
Bad
Frequency
0%Average of 10 populations
On SNPedia
rs1805008(T;T)
Gene
MC1R

Frequency

Share of people with T;T in each HapMap population.

  • European ancestry (Utah)0%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)0%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)0%
  • Chinese (Denver)0%
  • Gujarati Indian0%
  • Luhya (Kenya)0%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)0%
  • Maasai (Kenya)0%
  • Tuscan0%

Other genotypes of rs1805008

  1. C;CGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.094% of people
  2. C;TBadRed hair carrier, higher risk of melanomaWorth knowing · 2.56% of people

All about rs1805008

Source and license

Adapted from rs1805008(T;T) on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

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