Tara discovers a rapidly growing lump that doubles in size over a month. A doctor does a biopsy and discovers it's a form of cancer, which can result if

A. mitosis is too infrequent.
B. the cell cycle runs backward.
C. the cell cycle stops.
D. mitosis is too frequent.


Answer: D

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