cancer gene mutations

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cancer is caused by...
mutations
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Mutations are
genetic alterations
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which genes do cancer mutations occur
regulatory genes controlling cell replication, differentiation, and survival
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how many mutations must occur to cause cancer
multiple
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point mutations are
single base change (missense, non-sense)
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examples of larger chromosomal rearrangements
insertions, deletions, translocations, inversions, duplications
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epigenetics are
Changes in the DNA that don’t involve the base sequence
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wild type mutations are
normal version of characteristic
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conditional muatations exhibit effect
under specific conditions
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germ line mutations (egg sperm) are
inherited from parents
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how many cells affected in germ line mut
all cells
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somatic mutations are
in all cells other than egg sperm, not inherit
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Penetrance is
extent to somebody with a gene mutation shows the predicted phenotype
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