A population of red beetles lives in green bushes in a garden. Once during the process of breeding, a green beetle is produced.
(a) State whether the change in color of beetle is a process of evolution or not.
(b) Can the new color of green beetle be passed on to its next generations?
(c) What will be the advantage (if any) of the green color to the beetle?
(d) State whether the production of green color involved a change in genetic material or not.
(a) Yes; the change in color of beetle is a process of evolution which might have occurred to adapt to certain environmental condition.
(b) Yes; the color of green beetles can be passed on to the next generation through genes.
(c) The green color will protect the beetle from predation as it will help the beetle hide in the bushes.
(d) Yes; it involved a change in genetic material because unless and until the gene responsible for color gets some changes, no new color can be produced than the original one.