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A 50-year-old woman undergoes screening colonoscopy as part of a routine health maintenance work-up. An isolated 1-cm pedunculated polyp is found in the sigmoid colon. The excised polyp histologically shows well-differentiated glands with no invasion of the stalk. Which of the following investigational research procedures can distinguish most clearly whether the polyp represents hyperplasia of the colonic mucosa or a tubular adenoma?

AFlow cytometry to quantitate cells in the S phase
BHistochemical staining for mucin
CImmunohistochemical staining for keratin
DMolecular marker of clonality
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