A scientist concludes that genetic inheritance of a mutated (changed) gene, such as a gene change that creates different-colored
organisms in a population, is more beneficial to an organism over time and contributes to biological fitness. Discuss why a scientist would make that claim.
If there is a change in the gene, this can further create a new generation of organisms with this change. With certain changes, it enables organisms to survive in other conditions.
Photosynthesis by tiny marine plants (phytoplankton) in the sunlit surface waters turns the carbon into organic matter. Many organisms use carbon to make calcium carbonate, a building material of shells and skeletons