In this specific scenario, the mutation causing the fox to have white fur instead of brown can be classified as a beneficial mutation. The reasoning behind this is that the white fur would provide better camouflage for the fox in the arctic environment where the ground is covered in white snow most of the year. With better camouflage, the fox would be able to hunt for its prey more efficiently and avoid being detected by its predators (eagles, wolves, and polar bears).
Therefore, the mutation would make the fox more likely to survive, as it enhances its chances of successfully hunting and evading predators.
a species of fox lives in the artic where the ground is covered in white snow mos of the year these artic foxes hunt rodents and other rsmall mammals while their predators include eagles wolves and polar bears a mutation in dna causes w=a fox to have white fur rather than brown given this information would you classify this mutation as a harmful, beneficial, or neutral mutation, would this make the fox more or less liekly to survive
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