Speculate as to Why the Success Rate of Treatment Is

question 56

Essay

Speculate as to why the success rate of treatment is much higher for testicular and prostate cancers than for ovarian cancer.

---

Definitions:

Hybrid Breakdown

A postzygotic reproductive isolating mechanism in which, although an interspecific hybrid is fertile and produces a second (F2) generation, the F2 has defects that prevent it from successfully reproducing.

Microevolution

Evolutionary change within a species or small group of organisms, especially over a short period.

Hybrid Inviability

A postzygotic reproductive isolating mechanism in which the embryonic development of an interspecific hybrid is aborted.

Mutation

A change in the DNA sequence within an organism's gene or chromosome, leading to variations in trait expression and possibly to different phenotypes.