The correct answer is that ferns have two part in their life cycle: Diploid phase and haploid phase
The life cycle of a fern has two parts: sporophyte stage and gametophyte stage. The gametophyte stage of ferns are haploid which releases gametes and the sporophyte stage are diploid that produces spores. This kind of life cycle is known as the "alternation of generation".
Answer:
The number of primary consumers will increase
Explanation:
If all the secondary consumers disappear, the primary consumers will continue to reproduce causing the population to increase
The answer is; deletion mutation
This type of mutation mostly causes a phenomenon called frameshift mutation whereby the 3-codon sequence reading frame is shifted causing the amino acids translated, downstream of the deletion site, to be altered. This can gravely affect the function of the translated proteins and result in genetic disease.