Changes in dna are known as mutations and can sometimes produce beneficial changes in populations. a
mutant form of the normally light-colored peppered moth is dark-colored. the dark-colored moth blends in with
soot-covered trees in heavily polluted areas. why would the dark-colored mutation be beneficial in a polluted
area?

(a) they have a longer life span than light-colored moths.

b) they cannot be seen as well by predators.
they taste bad to most of their predators.

c they taste bad to most of their predators

(d) they produce more young than do light-colored moths