Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. When autocrine stimulation is occurring, cancer cells divide in response to growth signals produced by the surrounding noncancerous cells
2. Genomic instability in cancer cells includes both nucleotide mutations and chromosomal aberrations.
3. If cancer does not develop within one year following exposure to a mutagen, then the mutagen did not cause DNA damage.
4.If a female is heterozygous for a mutant allele of a tumor-suppressor gene, her children will be predisposed to develop cancer only if their father is also a carrier.
5. This population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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