What Happened When Researchers Added BPDE,a Component of Tobacco Smoke,to

question 26

Multiple Choice

What happened when researchers added BPDE,a component of tobacco smoke,to human lung cells in a laboratory experiment?

• A)The cells behaved normally.
• B)The cells shrank in size.
• C)The cells developed mutations in their p53 genes.
• D)The cells required less energy to grow.

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