Some fish in a murky underground lake have lighter scales than the others. this makes it slightly harder for the lighter fish to escape detection by predators, but most light-colored fish live long enough to reproduce. a natural event separates the dark-scaled fish from their light-scaled cousins, and as a result, a new species of dark-scaled fish emerge. Which statement accurately describes the scenario? The fish survived because of an inheritable advantage. The fish experienced an evolutionary change because of genetic drift. The fish experienced an evolutionary change because of natural selection. The fish survived because of a non-genetic advantage

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An evolutionary lineage is a series of populations of organisms that descend from a common ancestor. Each species in the lineage is the direct consequence of evolutionary change from a common ancestor. A phylogenetic tree is generally used to display lineages visually. Lineages are components of the phylogenetic tree of life. Molecular systematics procedures are widely used to predict lineages.