You Are Reading a Scientific Article About Cheetahs That Have

question 9

Multiple Choice

You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots.The article refers to this as a genetic mutation.Though you see they have no negative impact on the cheetahs' fitness, the stripes are nevertheless considered a genetic mutation because mutations:

• A)can result in an evolutionary advantage.
• B)can result in an evolutionary disadvantage.
• C)may have no effect on the phenotype.
• D)all of the above

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