You Are Reading a Scientific Article About Cheetahs That Have

You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots.The article refers to this as a genetic mutation.Though you see they have no negative impact on the cheetahs' fitness, the stripes are nevertheless considered a genetic mutation because mutations:

A) can result in an evolutionary advantage.
B) can result in an evolutionary disadvantage.
C) may have no effect on the phenotype.
D) all of the above