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imagine a population of white beetles. two beetles mate. due to a dna replication mistake during gamete production in one of the parents, the beetles' offspring are black. this increases the frequency of genes for black coloration in the population. which evolutionary process does this scenario describe? mutation migration genetic drift natural selection

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Answer:Mutation

Step-by-step explanation:

All of the rest of the answers choices have to do with an entire population, but this question is only asking about a change that happened phenotypically within one generation. The only possibility then, is, a mutation.

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