A 6-year old Caucasian girl from northern Europe, with a family history of melanoma, has recently relocated with her family to a small town near Brisbane, Australia. Discuss the environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors that could determine the girl’s susceptibility to cancer. Include in your answer how these factors can produce chromosomal or genetic alterations and the genetic steps that would result in metastatic melanoma, focusing on the classes of cancer genes involved in these processes

A 6-year old Caucasian girl from northern Europe, with a family history of melanoma, has recently relocated with her family to a small town near Brisbane, Australia. Discuss the environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors that could determine the girl’s susceptibility to cancer. Include in your answer how these factors can produce chromosomal or genetic alterations and the genetic steps that would result in metastatic melanoma, focusing on the classes of cancer genes involved in these processes

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter12: Genes And Cancer

Section: Chapter Questions

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