Question 14

(Multiple Choice)

What specifically do most people inherit when they inherit a predisposition to a particular cancer such as retinoblastoma?


A) a mutation that causes the overexpression of a DNA repair gene
B) a mutation that causes telomerase to have reduced expression in somatic cells
C) a deleterious mutation in one copy of a tumor-suppressor gene
D) a deletion that removes one copy of an oncogene
E) an extra X chromosome from the mother

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