While other genes (e.g. CDKN2C, CDKN2A, MITF, BAP1, PTEN, ERBB4, and FGFR2, etc.)are mutated with some frequency in melanoma, no common recurring mutations in these genes are observed or the function of observed mutations are unknown; therefore these genes were not included in our screen. This evidence concerns the gene BAP1 and melanoma.