Question

Why do different individuals of the same species have different traits?

A.
Individuals have proteins that produce genes with completely different functions from other individuals.
B.
Individuals have different genes that produce proteins with completely different functions from other individuals.
C.
Individuals have differences in their genes that result in protein variations.
D.
Individuals have different proteins that cause variations among their genes.
Which detail from the passage best creates a suspenseful mood?

Answer 1

Offspring acquire a mix of traits from their biological parents. Different organisms vary in how they look and function because they have different inherited information. In each kind of organism there is variation in the traits themselves, and different kinds of organisms may have different versions of the trait.