Carla is diagnosed with breast cancer. She informs her doctor that her mother and her grandmother have also had breast cancer. The doctor explains to Carla that she has specific genes that make her more vulnerable to breast cancer and that she is genetically predisposed to develop the disease. In this scenario, these genes are known as
A) susceptibility genes.
B) conditional lethal genes.
C) complementary genes.
D) duplicate genes.

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Susceptibility genes are genes that increase an individual's risk of developing a particular disease or condition. In this case, Carla has genes that make her more vulnerable to breast cancer, which is why her mother and grandmother also had the disease.

Carla Is Diagnosed with Breast Cancer