You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots.The article refers to this as a genetic mutation.Though they have no negative impact on the cheetahs' fitness, why are the stripes nevertheless considered a genetic mutation?
A) Mutations are often adaptively neutral.
B) Mutations always emerge as evolutionary disadvantages eventually.
C) Mutations never have an effect on the phenotype.
D) Mutations only affect genotypes.
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