Females of a species of parasitic wasps locate their prey, a leaf-eating caterpillar, by hunting for it visually. one year, one female appeared in the wasp population with the ability to locate the prey by smell. the most likely place of occurrence of the mutation causing this change was:

The DNA of the egg cell.

Explanation:

Mutation may be defined as the inheritable, sudden change in the DNA sequence of the organism that can produce a specific genotype and phenotype in an individual.

Germ line mutation may pass from parents to their offspring. The female wasp after one year locates the prey by smell. This mutation must have occurred in the DNA of the egg cells. This mutation has been pass down to the female offspring and appeared in the population.

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