How does an acquired mutation in a somatic cell gene leading to cancer development affect a person's ability to pass on a predisposition for that cancer type to his or her children? a. there is no risk of passing on a cancer predisposition from a somatic cell mutation. b. the risk for predisposition is dependent upon which tissue type experienced the somatic mutation. c. multiple somatic mutations are required for passing on a predisposition to cancer development. d. the predisposition can only be passed on if the person with the somatic cell mutation is female.