All elements of a ecosystem work together, the sun provides sun light which plants use photosynthesis for food. Small animals eat the producers aka the plants. Then other animals eat those. And so on if a plant wasn't alive then the whole ecosystem will fail. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
Option A. they less severely affect the phenotype, so that individuals can reproduce and transmit them
Explanation:
Polymorphism is the genetic variation found within a population, which favors the process of natural selection. It prefer successful traits in population.
While, mutation is the alteration of DNA sequence of an organism. Mutation can cause loss of traits in the population.