Which of the following mutations would increase evolutionary fitness?
A) One that removes other alleles from the population
B) One that increases the birth weight of offspring while decreasing the number of offspring
C) One that attracts more potential mates without increasing the frequency of reproduction
D) One that increases the life span of the organism
E) One that increases the frequency of successful reproduction
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