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Oncogenes: When Growth Genes Go Wrong
Describe how proto-oncogenes become oncogenes and how this promotes uncontrolled cell division.

Describe how proto-oncogenes become oncogenes and how this promotes uncontrolled cell division.
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Learners will explain how the cell cycle is normally regulated by checkpoints and genes, and how mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes disrupt this control.