Question

Rock pocket mice are rodents found in the desert Southwest. They are typically light/tan, but a mutation in the population codes for a
darker fur color. The two fur colors are shown in the images here. The area where these mice live typically have a sand with a tan
background. However, there are areas of cooled lava from a volcanic eruption 10,000 years ago that deposited black rock. The mice
are found on the sand and on the rocks.
Researchers set traps to collect samples of mice from the rocks and the sand areas. An analysis of the data for the mice caught in
each of the areas would show which trend if natural selection were acting on the different phenotypes?

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Visual predators favored the tan mice on the dark rock and black mice on the light rock.

C) The black mice on the black rock camouflage better, allowing them to survive and reproduce.

E) There are more black mice in the dark environment and more tan mice in the light environment.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The correct option are :

• The visual predator favored the tan mice on the dark rock.
• The black mice on the black rock can camouflage better.
• The more black mice under dark environments and more tan mice under light environments.

What are rock pocket mice?

The rock pocket mice are 19 specie of the pocket mice and they are found mainly in the rock out crops of the desert of the southwestern US and Mexico and medium-sized mice of 18 cms.

They have a breeding season that starts in fed to march. They are dark in color and can easily camouflage with the surroundings and this gives them an advantage over the light white mice.

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