A young man develops skin cancer that does not spread to any other tissues; the mutation responsible for the cancer arose in a single skin cell. If he and his wife (who does not have skin cancer) have children after the skin cancer diagnosis statements is most likely to be true? None of the man's children will inherit the mutation All the man's children will inherit the mutation All the man's children will inherit the mutation if the mutation is dominant Some of the man's children may inherit the mutation depending on which of his chromosomes they inherit

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A young man develops skin cancer that does not spread to any other tissues; the mutation responsible for the cancer arose in a single skin cell. If he and his wife (who does not have skin cancer) have children after the skin cancer diagnosis, which of the following
statements is most likely to be true?
None of the man's children will inherit the mutation
All the man's children will inherit the mutation
All the man's children will inherit the mutation if the mutation is dominant
Some of the man's children may inherit the mutation depending on which of his chromosomes they inherit
Transcribed Image Text:A young man develops skin cancer that does not spread to any other tissues; the mutation responsible for the cancer arose in a single skin cell. If he and his wife (who does not have skin cancer) have children after the skin cancer diagnosis, which of the following statements is most likely to be true? None of the man's children will inherit the mutation All the man's children will inherit the mutation All the man's children will inherit the mutation if the mutation is dominant Some of the man's children may inherit the mutation depending on which of his chromosomes they inherit
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