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Discuss how human impact on the environment that could lead to a change in an organism's dna and alter the growth and reproduction of individuals. please provide an example of an organism.

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A human impact such as increased land use can lead to changes in different organisms DNA. As we take up more space and destroy increasing numbers of habitats to build infrastructure and places to live for the growing population, organisms are forced to relocate to new habitats and ecosystems. Because of this, there organisms are introduced to a new food web, which can alter how they interact with their environment. If they are competing with another breed of animal who is able to obtain a certain food source and they are not because of a certain feature on their bodies, throughout the process of evolution they could develop that trait that they were missing previously and become more equal on the playing field with the species that had been there long before them.

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