Question
11. Two fruit flies have different parents. One fruit fly has orange eyes while the other has red eyes. Why do the fruit flies have different eye colors?
Responses
a
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because offspring from different parents will have different eye colors.
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because offspring from different parents will have different eye colors.
b
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because they have different versions of the gene for eye color that connect together to make different eye colors.
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because they have different versions of the gene for eye color that connect together to make different eye colors.
c
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.
d
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, and the genes are different colors in each fruit fly’s eyes.
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, and the genes are different colors in each fruit fly’s eyes.
Responses
a
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because offspring from different parents will have different eye colors.
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because offspring from different parents will have different eye colors.
b
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because they have different versions of the gene for eye color that connect together to make different eye colors.
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because they have different versions of the gene for eye color that connect together to make different eye colors.
c
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.
d
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, and the genes are different colors in each fruit fly’s eyes.
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, and the genes are different colors in each fruit fly’s eyes.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best response to explain why the two fruit flies have different eye colors is:
**c**
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.
This response correctly identifies that the variation in eye color is due to different alleles (versions) of the eye color gene, which code for different proteins that affect pigmentation and result in different eye colors.
**c**
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.
This response correctly identifies that the variation in eye color is due to different alleles (versions) of the eye color gene, which code for different proteins that affect pigmentation and result in different eye colors.