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Black leopards are a helpful mutation. It allows leopards that live in dense cover to camouflage to the shadowy forest.
This is not entirely accurate, since a spotted leopard hunts just as well, if not better than a melanistic (read: black) leopard. This does not make it anymore helpful than blue eyes as opposed to green. Though undoubtedly beautiful.
Also I should add that, while some do, most leopards live on the savanna and not in forests, and they rely more on the difference in the color of their fur to better camouflage themselves. Nice try though.
While evolutionary theory will tell you that you are a product of random beneficial genetic mutations, we have NEVER observed one in anything other than single celled organisms, or bacteria.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe single mutation is in the B subunit of hemoglobin. One point mutation changed one amino acid and in malaria country the resulting trait, sickle cell trait, is very helpful to have in a heterozygous condition.
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∙ 10y agoLactose tolerance
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What is a example of a neutral mutation?
A neutral mutation would be something such as having one green eye and one blue eye. It doesn't hinder you and it doesn't give you an advantage.
What is an example of a favorable mutation?
a mutation that makes a rabbit able to run faster
Whether a mutation is harmful or helpful depends partly on an organism's?
the organism's environment
Harmful or helpful is considered to be the source for new alleles and a main contributor to the diversity of life on Earth?
This kid is freaking RETARTED... Its mutation
What is one example of a substitution mutation?
sicke cell disease
What are some example of helpful desirable mutation?
Lactose tolerance
How can a mutation be harmful in one environment and helpful in another?
Example: a mutation confers the ability to withstand warmer temperatures, while at the same time reducing the ability to withstand cold.
What happens when a mutation is helpful to a species?
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How is a mutation harmful to a organism?
Not all mutations are harmful. A mutation the give the organism antibiotic resistance, for example, is quite helpful. A different mutation that causes a necessary protein to misfold may result in death. In general mutations that affect proteins that are necessary for life will result in the death of the organism. One such mutation is in the protein p53 which is necessary to prevent a cell from growing uncontrollable (cancer). A mutation in p53 could result in a cell with damaged DNA to reproduce - this is what we call cancer.
Give an example of when friction is helpful?
For example, it keeps you from slipping when you walk.
What is a helpful mutation?
its called a butt juice nipple
What is a example of a neutral mutation?
A neutral mutation would be something such as having one green eye and one blue eye. It doesn't hinder you and it doesn't give you an advantage.
What is an example of a lethal dominant mutation?
the example of lethal dominant mutation is huntington's disease.
What is a helpful mutation called?
its called a butt juice nipple
A mutation in mice causes the coat to be twice as large as normal in what enviorments would this mutation be helpful?
it would be in the industrial invirments
Why is a mutation that results in larger than normal corn kernels helpful?
No
What are the causes of mutation?
Mutation is caused when chunks of chromosomes cut taken or fall off. So the chromosome with the DNA causes a mutation which sometimes is helpful but mosty hard to live with.
