In pocket mice, possessing the D allele at the Mc1R locus confers dark coloration while homozygous d indi-viduals are light in color. Why would one expect to see more D alleles in a population living on lava?

What will be an ideal response?


ANS:
Because dd individuals would be light in color, would not match the background color, and would suffer from higher predation rates.

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