What Specifically Do Most People Inherit When They Inherit a Predisposition

question 8

Multiple Choice

What specifically do most people inherit when they inherit a predisposition to a particular cancer such as retinoblastoma?

• A) a mutation that causes the overexpression of a DNA repair gene
• B) a mutation that causes telomerase to have reduced expression in somatic cells
• C) a deleterious mutation in one copy of a tumor-suppressor gene
• D) a deletion that removes one copy of an oncogene
• E) an extra X chromosome from the mother

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