Which of the following statements about somatic mutations is FALSE?
A) Some may give rise to cancers in humans and other animals.
B) They may be inherited by daughter cells after cell division.
C) They may result in inactive gene products of the mutated genes.
D) They may result from both frameshift and base-pair substitution mutations.
E) They may be inherited in the offspring of mutated individuals.
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