If Trall, the Friendly Neanderthal, Is Born with a Genetic

question 81

Multiple Choice

If Trall, the friendly Neanderthal, is born with a genetic mutation, what will happen to Trall in an evolutionary sense?

• A)Trall will die, and will be unable to pass the mutation on to subsequent generations.
• B)The mutation may be either beneficial, in which case Trall's fitness may be enhanced, or the mutation may be deleterious, in which case it would be selected against due to Trall's reduced fitness.
• C)Trall may live a normal life, but a mutation is a temporary genetic anomaly so it cannot be spread to others in the population.
• D)Mutations are part of the phenotype, not the genotype, so they won't impact Trall's fitness.

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