A species of fox lives in the arctic where the ground is covered in white snow, most of the year, these arctic foxes hunt rodents and other small mammals while they are predators include Eagles, wolves and polar bears a mutation in its DNA caused 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 likely to survive. Explain your answer. In one to four sentences

Answer 1

This mutation would be classified as beneficial, as the white fur helps the fox camouflage in its snowy environment, making it less visible to predators. This adaptation increases the fox's chances of survival by allowing it to avoid detection while hunting or avoiding being hunted. Therefore, the mutation would make the fox more likely to survive in its harsh arctic habitat.