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The Role Of White Furs In A Snowy Environment
Given a population of rabbits of which 50% are white and 50% are black. If this population resided in a snowy environment, the black ones would be spotted quite readily by predators which would cause a decline in the black-rabbit population. The white-rabbits population however would thrive in such an environment and be more inclined to pass on genes through sexual reproduction. Over the course of time only white rabbits would remain. Thus the gene which causes black fur would “edited out”. *** I would imagine the only manner in which natural selection could be described as a “creative process” is if there was some kind of BENEFICIAL genetic mutation that enabled an organism to survive within an environment.*** The wings of a bat and a bird

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