Question
7. A father sheep has curly wool while a mother sheep has straight wool. Which of these statements explains why one of their baby lambs has curly wool?
Responses
a
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its wool curly.
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its wool curly.
b
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its wool curly.
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its wool curly.
c
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that make its wool curly.
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that make its wool curly.
d
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its curly wool.
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its curly wool.
Responses
a
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its wool curly.
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Just like its father’s genes, those genes instruct for proteins that connect in ways that make its wool curly.
b
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its wool curly.
The baby lamb inherited its copies of the gene for wool shape from its father and not from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its wool curly.
c
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that make its wool curly.
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that make its wool curly.
d
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its curly wool.
The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. Those genes connect together to make its curly wool.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The most accurate explanation for why one of the baby lambs has curly wool is:
**c**
"The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that make its wool curly."
This option correctly acknowledges the contribution of both the father and the mother in determining the lamb's wool type, which is important in genetics. The curly wool trait could be a result of the interaction between the genes inherited from both parents.
**c**
"The baby lamb inherited one copy of the gene for wool shape from its father and one copy from its mother. That gene combination instructs for proteins that make its wool curly."
This option correctly acknowledges the contribution of both the father and the mother in determining the lamb's wool type, which is important in genetics. The curly wool trait could be a result of the interaction between the genes inherited from both parents.