What Are Oncogenes and Tumor-Suppressor Genes? How Are They Involved

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Essay

What are oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes? How are they involved in carcinogenesis?

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Definitions:

Postsecondary Community

A collective term referring to institutions, organizations, and populations involved in education beyond secondary school, including colleges and universities.

Sociological Sample

A subset of a population selected for study in sociological research, aimed at making inferences about the larger group from which it is drawn.

Social Group

A collection of individuals who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity or identity.

Spurious

Describes something that is not genuine, authentic, or true; often used in statistics to refer to coincidental correlations between two variables that are actually caused by a third variable.