Multiple Choice
Mutations in a normal growth-stimulating gene are most likely to have no effect or to cause
A) the loss of responsiveness to growth stimulation in the cell with the mutant gene.
B) the cell with the mutant gene to become cancerous.
C) excessive growth in the cells surrounding the one with the mutant gene.
D) a mutator effect in the cell with the mutant gene.
E) apoptosis of the cell with the mutant gene.
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