In a population of wild bees, a mutation resulted in slightly larger wingspan in some of the bees.
This larger wingspan made the bees more efficient in their flights to flowers to collect nectar.
Thus, these bees became more successful.
This trait was passed on to offspring, and eventually the larger wingspan variety of bee replaced their smaller-winged relatives completely.
-Since the mutation produced a specific wing trait that was passed on, the mutation must have occurred

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The mutation that resulted in larger wingspan provided an advantage for the bees in their ability to collect nectar, which increased their reproductive success. This indicates that the mutation occurred in reproductive cells and was passed on to offspring. The mutation is not likely to have occurred in wing cells or as a result of exposure to a chemical agent, as these factors would not necessarily result in a heritable change in offspring.

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