Cancer Does Not Typically Follow a Mendelian Pattern of Inheritance

question 22

Multiple Choice

Cancer does not typically follow a Mendelian pattern of inheritance because it is usually caused by

• A) two gene variants, one dominant and one recessive, and no environmental input.
• B) specific combinations of alleles and an environmental factor.
• C) specific combinations of an environmental factor and one dominant gene variant.
• D) environmental insults and no genes at all.
• E) genes that cause death before birth.

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