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How does an acquired mutation in a somatic cell gene leading to cancer development affect a person's ability to pass on a predisposition for that cancer type to his or her children? a. There is no risk of passing on a cancer predisposition from a somatic cell mutation. b. The risk for predisposition is dependent upon which tissue type experienced the somatic mutation. c. Multiple somatic mutations are required for passing on a predisposition to cancer development. d. The predisposition can only be passed on if the person with the somatic cell mutation is female.

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Answer: a. There is no risk of passing on a cancer predisposition from a somatic cell mutation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because there are two classification of gene mutation,

1. Hereditary mutations: which are inherited from a parent and are present throughout a person’s life, and it's almost in every cell while the second one is,

2. somatic or acquired mutation: this type occurs some times and are present in a specific cells.

Hence, somatic mutation cannot be passed to the next generation.

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