Scientists had a question on if the fur color of mice confer a selective advantage.0.80.80.60.60.40.40.20.2Figure 8. Redrawn from Vignieri, Larson, & Hockstra (2010).In a 2010 paper, Vignieri et al. (2010) made models of mice out of dark and light colors of clay, and placed them in two separate habitats that had different colored soils. When theycollected the models, they recorded the number of tooth and bill imprints made by visually oriented predators like birds and mammals.a) Identify the independent and dependent variables of this experiement.b) Using data from the graph, discuss the fitness consequences for mice that are mismatched for their environment.c) Considering only the results of this one experiment, rank your level of confidence in the interpretation that mouse fur color has fitness consequences (use a scale of 1-5, where 5 isabsolutely convinced, 3 is neutral, and 1 is unconvinced). Justify your choice.Proportion of Attacksortlon of Attacks

In ecology, it's known that all organisms in order to survive well fit well or say adapt well to their environment the main reason is to protect themselves from the predators because they are the main reason for the mortality apart from the health aspect. This is called ADAPTIVE RADIATION in ecological terms. Heere the given experiment there is the coat colour of the mice that is seen to be protecting them from the predators.a) The independent variable is the cause whereas the dependent variable is the effect and its value depends on changes in the independent variable. So, here the soil color is the independent variable, and the coat color of the mice, based on what the predator hunt proportion is dependent is the dependent variable. b) In the mismatched mice as per their environment the proportion of attacks is more as compared to the matched ones since the mismatched mice are easily visible to the predators whereas the matching color ones are camouflaging themselves and the predators don't see them easily so hunt them less. This is homologous to what we have studied as the experiment of Kettlewell which was the first experiment in this field and formed the basis states the adaptive radiation in the matched color mice are significantly helping in their survival and that will lead to their surviving potential since the threat of predators is significantly reduced. c) Based on this experiment it is very clear that the fur color of mice is giving an adaptive advantage and is thus protecting them from predators. So, this fitness consequence experiment can be rated 5 for the level of confidence. As in the white soil, the matched ones have around 0.3% attacks whereas the mismatched ones had around 0.8% attacks on the other hand in the yellow soil, the matched ones have around 0.2% attacks whereas the mismatched ones had around 0.7% attacks.