Fur Color in Rabbits
Generation
Brown Fur
Mottled Fur
White Fur
1
45
0
1
2
47
2

The mechanism that Darwin proposed for evolution is natural selection.Because resources are limited in nature, organisms with inherited traits that favor survival and reproduction will tend to survive and have more offspring, causing the traits to increase in frequency over many generations.
New traits can be introduced through mutation. Whether or not the new trait is advantageous depends on the environment. If there is a change to the environment in which the habitat is snow-covered three times as much asnormal, what do you think might happen to the the rabbit population?

A
More rabbits with mottled fur will develop the mutation
for white fur in order to survive better..
B
The brown furred rabbits will survive better because their trait was not caused by a mutation. Rabbits with
mutations do not survive as well.
C
The rabbits with mottled fur will continue to be the most common in the population because their trait is more favorable. The genetic advantage depends on the trait,
not the environment.
D
The white fur color could become advantageous for camouflage, causing the white rabbits to increase in number while the brown and mottled fur rabbits decrease in number due to being spotted more easily by predators.