A young woman develops breast cancer that does not spread to any other tissues;

Question

A young woman develops breast cancer that does not spread to any other tissues; the original mutation responsible for the cancer arose in a single breast cell. If she and her husband (who does not have cancer) have children after the breast cancer diagnosis, which of the following statements is most likely to be true?

A) All the woman’s children will inherit the mutation.

B)Half of the woman’s children will inherit the mutation if the mutation is dominant.

C) None of the woman’s children will inherit the mutation.

D) Some of the woman’s children may inherit the mutation depending on which chromosomes they inherit.

E) There is not enough information to know for sure.

Explanation / Answer

Breat cell is somatic part and the mutation occurs in somatic parts are not an inhertent diseases. If it is occurs at germplasm it will inherit to the next offspring.

So the answer is C) None of the woman’s children will inherit the mutation.

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