Franklin Pollard

09/21/2023 · High School

3. Which prediction best shows what the population could look like after many generations? What caused \( i \) Prediction 1 is best. Two hummingbirds with short or medium beaks had a baby with a mutation in for the long-beak trait. Because long-beak hummingbirds are more likely to survive, that baby surv enough to pass on its mutation, so the long-beak trait became more common over generations. Prediction 1 is best. Hummingbirds with long beaks are more likely to survive, so hummingbirds with and medium beaks began to have offspring with a mutation in its genes for the long-beak trait so tha offspring would have a better chance to survive. Prediction 2 is best. A hummingbird could have been born with a mutation in its genes for the long-be and lived for a little while. Because long-beak hummingbirds are more likely to die, it would have been likely to die before it had any offspring, so the final population will only have medium or short beak hummingbirds.