Mutations can affect the structure and function of an organism. Give an example of a mutation that could cause a phenotype that makes an organism better suited for its environment.

A fox coat becoming white in a tundra environment.

Explanation:

A phenotype is the traits of an animal we can see with our eyes. This can be color, limbs, size, ect. For your question it's basically asking you to name a change in a animal that will allow it to work better in it's environment.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure