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The timing of a mutation during development has negligible effects on the severity of the genetic defect. Patients who suffer from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) have a defective mismatch repair system. False, they have a defect in NER. Most oncogenes encode proteins that function in cell growth signaling pathways.