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Nevus count or cutaneous melanoma

DOCK8 · rs593179

What the study found

Who was studied 36,760 European ancestry cutaneous melanoma cases, 375,188 European ancestry controls, 12,930 European ancestry individuals, 52,847 individuals.

The effect The reported allele is A; the catalogue records no effect size ; p = 4 × 10−12.

How common The A allele had a frequency of about 45% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 9, band 9p24.3 — in an intron of DOCK8.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version the research linked to Nevus count or cutaneous melanoma. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Nevus count or cutaneous melanoma. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G No copy of the version the research linked to Nevus count or cutaneous melanoma. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
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Questions about rs593179

What is rs593179?

rs593179 is a single position in the genome, in or near the DOCK8 gene. Published research associates it with nevus count or cutaneous melanoma. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

Does having rs593179 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs593179 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Nature genetics 2020, PMID:32341527. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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