Question

Due to a genetic mutation, a deer is born with a missing toe. This makes it difficult for the deer to escape from predators. How will this mutation most likely affect the deer population? The deer with the mutation will not survive, and the trait will disappear from the population. The deer with the mutation will survive and reproduce, but it will not pass this trait on to its offspring. The deer with the mutation will not survive, but the trait will appear again in the next generation. The deer with the mutation will survive and reproduce, and the trait will commonly appear in future generations

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According to the law of Natural selection, mutations those are beneficial for organisms are passed and mutations those are harmful are eliminated from the population as organisms adapt to change in environment and evolve.

As the resulting mutation is harmful for deer as it makes difficulty for the deer to escape from predators, the deer with the mutation will not survive and the trait will disappear from the population.