Which mutation scenario will always lead to natural selection?(1 point)

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a mutation causes a specific advantage within the population
a mutation causes a specific advantage within the population

a mutation causes a gene to become inactivated
a mutation causes a gene to become inactivated

a mutation causes a specific variation within the population
a mutation causes a specific variation within the population

a mutation causes an inactivated gene to be reactivated

Answer 1

The scenario that will always lead to natural selection is:

a mutation causes a specific advantage within the population.

This is because natural selection is defined by the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. If a mutation results in a trait that provides a specific advantage, those individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce, thus increasing the frequency of that mutation in the population over time.