Genetic Basis of Cancer
Trending Questions
Q.
How are cancers named?
Q. Viral genomes also contain some cancer causing genes. What are these genes called?
- Proto-oncogenes
- Oncogenes
- Cancer
- Both A and B
Q. Mutated version of a proto-oncogene is called an oncogene.
- True
- False
Q. Gene mutations can cause uncontrolled cell growth leading to cancer.
- True
- False
Q.
Retroviruses are implicated as a cause of cancer in humans because they:
Carry genes for reverse transcriptase
May carry cellular protooncogenes in their genome
May carry cellular v-oncogenes in their genome
Carry single-stranded RNA as their genetic material
Q.
Assertion (A): Cancer cells are virtually immortal until the body in which they reside dies.
Reason (R): Cancer is caused by damage to genes regulating the cell division cycle.
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is correct, but R is incorrect
Both A and R are incorrect
Q. Viral genomes also contain some cancer causing genes. What are these genes called?
- Proto-oncogenes
- Oncogenes
- Cancer
- Both A and B