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Cancer causing genes are called _________ .a. transformation genesb. tumor suppressor genesc. oncogenesd. mutated genes
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Step 1: Firstly, we need to understand that the process of cancer initiation is often triggered by gene mutation translocation, which means a part of the gene breaks off. Show more…
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