Question 38 (6 points) What would you predict would be the outcome of natural selection on a mutation that increases fer
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Question 38 (6 points) What would you predict would be the outcome of natural selection on a mutation that increases fertility early in life but increases susceptibility to cancerous growths later in life? a) A single mutation cannot be both beneficial and detrimental. Ob) Natural selection would favor individuals with the mutation because susceptibility to cancer means that not all individuals will end up with cancer so selection won't work hard against this mutation. d) Natural selection would not favor individuals with the mutation because individuals susceptible to cancerous growths would die sooner and have lower lifetime reproductive success than individual without the mutation Jay Od) Natural selection would remove individuals with the mutation from the population because mutations are detrimental. O e) Natural selection would favor individuals with t fitness affects earli