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Sun exposure indisputably increases the risk of skin cancer. Mouse studies suggest that, in red-haired individuals, genetic factors also contribute through a mechanism that acts independently of exposure to sunlight. See Letter p.449

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Figure 1: Genetics and the sun.

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  1. Mizuho Fukunaga-Kalabis and Meenhard Herlyn are in the Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, Melanoma Research Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.,

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