If an environment changes rapidly, organisms with _____ will be more likely to survive and reproduce.

A. the correct allele frequency
B. existing neutral mutations
C. existing beneficial mutations
D. the ability to produce beneficial mutations
E. the ability to adapt their genotype


Ans: C. existing beneficial mutations

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