B. Those elephants without tusks may be more likely to survive and reproduce.
C. The lack of tusks is an advantage to the organism when poaching is common.
Responses
A A DNA mutation caused the elephants to be born tuskless.A DNA mutation caused the elephants to be born tuskless.
B Those elephants without tusks may be more likely to survive and reproduce.Those elephants without tusks may be more likely to survive and reproduce.
C The lack of tusks is an advantage to the organism when poaching is common.The lack of tusks is an advantage to the organism when poaching is common.
D The elephants needed to be tuskless, so they lost their tusks in order to survive.The elephants needed to be tuskless, so they lost their tusks in order to survive.
E The elephants are being selectively bred to have fewer tusks so that they require less land on the reserve.
C. The lack of tusks is an advantage to the organism when poaching is common.