Question

Imagine that you are standing in a field and you see a group of butterflies. You notice an individual butterfly that looks significantly different from the others in the population. Its difference allows the butterfly to escape predation more efficiently than the other butterflies. How might this trait have arisen in the individual

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Mutation is a sudden change in the genome of an organism that is heritable.

Mutation occur due to a spontaneous change in the sequence of a gene, it can occur during DNA (deoxyribonucliec acid) replication, mitosis, meiosis. Some mutation are beneficial, some are detrimental while some could be deleterious. Mutation is a rare occurrence usually one in several hundreds or thousand

The unique traits that was reveal in the bird is due to mutation, it is beneficial because it kept it away from predation it is a rare case.