Natural Selection 2.1 (1/13) Exit Ticket - Alex Kovalik (he/him/his) | Biblioteka

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Where do the genes that determine an individual's traits come from?

An individual can be born with any genes, since genes are random.

Individuals grow genes specific to their environment.

Parents pass their genes down to their offspring.

Parents choose which genes their offspring have when each individual is born.

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Genes directly lead to traits.

Genes are random and don't lead to traits.

Genes give organisms the ability to change their traits

Genes are instructions for making protein molecules and protein molecules determine traits.

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The individual can choose to change to the adaptive trait when they want to.

The parents had genes for the adaptive trait, which they passed down to the individual.

The individual can choose to have the adaptive trait at birth.

The parents can choose for the offspring to have genes for the adaptive trait.