A pesticide was found to cause cancer in laboratory mice.Which of the following would be the most reasonable hypothesis to pursue?
A) The pesticide mutates one copy of an oncogene to a proto-oncogene.
B) The pesticide mutates both copies of an oncogene to proto-oncogenes.
C) The pesticide mutates one copy of an oncogene to a proto-oncogene and one copy of a tumor suppressor gene to an inactive form.
D) The pesticide mutates both copies of a tumor suppressor gene to inactive forms.
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