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 it has no negative impacts on the cheetahs' fitness,the stripes are nevertheless considered a genetic mutation because:
A) mutations can result in an evolutionary advantage.
B) mutations can result in an evolutionary disadvantage.
C) mutations can have no effect on the phenotype.
D) all of the above
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