Respuesta :
No, because there is no mechanism for a snail to produce offspring with a different shell thickness from itself, thus the answer option (D).
The population does not experience changes in shell thickness. Some snails in the population experience changes in shell thickness.
Predators are creatures that go on the search for prey to eat. There are various creatures that prey on crabs, including otters, alligators, fish, and even shrimp (they eat the larvae). Predators are animals that hunt other animals or living things for food, whereas prey is little animals or organisms that eat the food that the predator leaves behind after it has eaten it.
The interaction between the predator and the prey is represented in the ecosystem by a food chain, sometimes referred to as a food web. For the ecosystem's food chain to function properly and keep the population in check.
The complete question is:
Without mutations, and with no crabs present, snails produce offspring that have the same shell thickness as themselves (they clone themselves). will this change when you add crabs? why or why not?
(A). Yes, now snails will grow thicker shells to protect themselves and they will pass these thicker shells to their offspring.
(B). Yes, now snails will try to protect their offspring from crabs by making offspring with thicker shells.
(C). Yes, the population will evolve thicker shells through natural selection.
(D). No, because there is no mechanism for a snail to produce offspring with a different shell thickness from itself.
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