Based on this data and your knowledge of natural selection, which explanation best explains the trends seen in the data?

Question

a. This population of mammoths appear to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium since no allele frequencies are changing over time.

b. Individuals with thick fur migrated into the population of mammoths, increasing the proportion of these individuals.

c. Individuals with thicker fur had a survival advantage in the cold environment, allowing these individuals to reproduce more often and create more offspring.

d. Individuals within this population of mammoths tend to only mate with individuals that have thick fur.

Answer 1

c. Individuals with thicker fur had a survival advantage in the cold environment, allowing these individuals to reproduce more often and create more offspring.