The affected children in the family above are much more prone to cancer than their unaffected siblings. Which of the following could be true of the affected children?

What will be an ideal response?


They are all homozygous for the mutation.
If they had children their children would all inherit the mutation.
The cancer trait could be caused by a mutation that activates cell division.

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