Question

Imagine a population of rabbits with fur color that ranges from black to white. If this population were put in an area that has dark rocks that camouflage the black rabbits, as well as light stones that hide the white rabbits, what would most likely happen to the gray rabbits?

Answer 1

The answer is predators kill them off because there are no grey stones to hide them.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer would be "the population size of gray rabbits would decrease".

It can be explained with the help of disruptive selection.

It is the selection in which extreme phenotypes are chosen or favored over the intermediate values.

For example, here the extreme phenotypes (white and black fur) provide the survival advantage due to camouflage and thus are selected over the intermediate fur color, that is, brown fur.

Thus, the number of brown rabbits would decrease in number.