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In this experiment researchers introduce a conditional, melanocyte-targeted allele of the most common melanoma oncoprotein, BRAFV600E, into mice carrying an inactivating mutation in the Mc1r gene (these mice have a phenotype analogous to red hair/fair skin humans). They observed a high incidence of invasive melanomas without providing additional gene aberrations or ultraviolet radiation exposure. [Source: Nature]
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