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Is the gene for Malignant Melanoma dominant or recessive?


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Though with the Human Genome Project in full swing, there may be such a gene, but my resources do not indicate it. Melanoma clearly seems to be a product of UV radiation exposure and if there is a gene involved, it is not turned on habitually and this radiation is a contributor to that end.

Steve Sample


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