If the weather in Chula Vista changed to very cold (snow on the ground 8 months of each year) over the next few years, what change might occur?
A. The cold weather would cause a mutation in squirrels which causes their fur to be white.
B. If a mutation occurred which caused white fur to develop, the white squirrels would have a better chance to survive and produce more offspring with the characteristic.
C. Natural selection would cause a new genotype to appear in the population, resulting in squirrels with white fur.
D. Evolution would definitely occur resulting in white squirrels.
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