You and your friend are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots.The article refers to this as a genetic mutation.Your friend wonders why the striped cheetahs are not referred to as a new species.You respond:
A) The article is mistaken.Striped cheetahs are clearly a new species.
B) Genetic mutations only cause superficial changes that do not result in evolutionary advantages.
C) When the frequency of striped individuals in the population reaches 50%, they will be categorized as a new species.
D) The stripes are caused by an individual mutation, and have not evolved in a reproductively isolated population.
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