MX2 and melanoma: In addition, we show that skin DNA methylation is associated in cis with known genome-wide association study single nucleotide polymorphisms for nevus count, at PLA2G6 (P = 1.7 × 10−49) and NID1 (P = 6.4 × 10−14), as well as melanoma risk, including in or near MC1R, MX2, and TERT/CLPTM1L (P < 1 × 10−10).