Question
13. Henry is studying a family of tree frogs that have poisonous skin, and he finds one frog with a mutation for the poison feature. Which of these statements about the tree frog with the mutation is true?
Responses
a
There will be no change to the frog’s poison.
There will be no change to the frog’s poison.
b
The frog must be more poisonous than other frogs.
The frog must be more poisonous than other frogs.
c
The frog must be less poisonous than other frogs.
The frog must be less poisonous than other frogs.
d
There must have been a change in the frog’s genes.
Responses
a
There will be no change to the frog’s poison.
There will be no change to the frog’s poison.
b
The frog must be more poisonous than other frogs.
The frog must be more poisonous than other frogs.
c
The frog must be less poisonous than other frogs.
The frog must be less poisonous than other frogs.
d
There must have been a change in the frog’s genes.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:
d
There must have been a change in the frog’s genes.
A mutation refers to a change in the DNA sequence, which could potentially affect a trait such as poison production in the frog. The other options do not necessarily follow from the existence of a mutation.
d
There must have been a change in the frog’s genes.
A mutation refers to a change in the DNA sequence, which could potentially affect a trait such as poison production in the frog. The other options do not necessarily follow from the existence of a mutation.