Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is caused by gene amplification?

  1. AIDS

  2. Cancer

  3. William's syndrome

  4. Duschenne muscular dystrophy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Amplification or duplications of oncogenes are a common cause of many types of cancer. In such cases, the genetic duplication occurs in somatic cells and affects only the genome of cancer cells.

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