Biology

Josephine Rollins

8 February, 16:34

A population of deer mice with light-colored coats lives in Sand Hills, Nebraska. The ground in Sand Hills is light colored where glaciers have deposited sand on top of dark soil. In contrast, areas outside Sand Hills have dark soil and dark-coated mice. What explains the different mice populations?

A. Mice living on light-colored sand learned to disguise themselves from predators.

B. Light-colored coats were selected for on light-colored sand.

C. Light-colored mice learned to adapt to light-colored sand.

D. Dark body color became an adaptation in mice on light-colored sand.