Most deer mouse populations inhabit regions with dark soils. these deer mice have dark brown fur. populations of deer mice found in the sand hills regions of nebraska have tan fur. which statement best explains why the sand hills population of deer mice have tan fur, rather than the dark brown fur found in other populations of deer mice? tan fur the mice protect themselves from predators. tan fur the mice find better mates. tan fur the mice find food easily. tan fur the mice move faster. nextreset

1) gene flow

- it is described as the transfer of genes from one population to another population so that frequency of gene is increased.

-a zebra migrates to join a different herd of zebras.

2) natural selection

- a mechanism of evolutionary change in which individuals with advantageous traits survive and reproduce whereas the others ( those that can not adapt) eliminate from the population.

-competition for sunlight leads to taller trees.

3) mutation

- permanent change in the nucleotide sequence of dna ( genetic material) that could have harmful or useful consequences.

-the dna of a snake changes to make its venom stronger.

4) genetic drift - it is a random phenomenon ( that occurs by chance such as fire) that results in change in the gene frequency in a small population.    

-a grassfire randomly sweeps through a population of buffalo and kills most of the animals.

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d) center of the mid-ocean ridge

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