During cold periods, marmots enter a state of torpor which alters their lower critical body temperature. in comparison to the body temperature of a bear during its long winter sleep, the temperature of the marmot drops and the duration of the torpor is the bears period of sleep.

Plz ! a frog has a genetic mutation in skin cells that causes part of its skin to turn orange the frog will not pass this genetic mutation onto its offspring because, a. the offspring will inherit skin cells from the other parent. b. mutated skin cells cannot divide and produce daughter skin cells. c. skin cells do not contribute genetic material to sex cells. d. parents do not contribute genetic material to their offspring.