Damage to ________ Greatly Reduces a Cell's Ability to Repair

question 33

Multiple Choice

Damage to ________ greatly reduces a cell's ability to repair DNA during DNA replication.

• A) mutator genes
• B) proto-oncogenes
• C) repair genes
• D) structural genes
• E) somatic genes

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