A mouse population lives in an area with tan colored soil The number of mice with tan coats and the number of mice with dark gra
y coats were about equal at one time Fee years later, the number of mice with tan coats was significantly greater than the number of mice with
dark gray coats
Which of the following events most likely caused the changes in the coat color distribution in the population?
This is the result of natural selection acting on the population. The tan colored mice have a higher relative fitness than the dark colored mice due to the tan colored soil of the habitat. The tan mice had more reproductive success than the dark colored mice, and this resulted in the frequency of the tan allele increasing in frequency in the population over time.
