Chapter 22, Problem 15PIAT

Summary Introduction

To review:

The observations made using the data provided and to explain the data supports or rejects the given hypothesis that mouse color is adaptive.

Introduction:

The adaptation is the heritable trait and is not determined on the individual level rather it is works on the population level. The fitness is favored for the trait over the generation of time and is then adapted to the less fitness trait.

The white and brown mouse is placed by the researchers in the abandoned fields and on sand dunes on the islands. The percentage of the models, which were attacked by the predators was measured and the graph was provided.