A nectar-eating bird has a slightly more curved beak than average for its species. This allows the bird to more easily access ne
ctar from plants. During the bird’s lifetime, it loses a toe on its left foot due to an accident. IT learns to compensate for this loss and is not greatly impacted. Which of this bird’s traits could it potentially spread through the species’ future population? Question 1 options: a. The slightly more curved beak because it is an acquired trait that would be beneficial to future offspring. b. The lack of a toe on the left foot because it is an acquired trait that would be beneficial to future offspring. c.The slightly more curved beak because it is a beneficial trait that is encoded in the bird’s genes. d. The lack of a toe on the left foot because it is a beneficial trait that is encoded into the bird’s genes.
The alkaline/alkaline results could indicate that only the protein was utilized by the organism, but it could also be a result of prolonged incubation. The organisms could have exhausted that available sugar and then reverted to protein catabolism.
