Question

Changes in the environment can alter the dynamics of natural selection in predator–prey relationships. As the planet continues to warm, climate change will have a significant effect on many of these relationships. In the case of the snowshoe hare, loss of winter snow cover could make the species more vulnerable to its predator, the lynx. The fur of snowshoe hares turns white in the winter months, providing camouflage in the snow. Which prediction would best fit a hypothesis of continued antagonistic coevolution between these two species in a year-round, snow-free environment?

Answer 1

The coevolution is best explained by using the interaction of selective pressure (lyrnx) and the adaptation for survival(snowshoe/ snow)

Step-by-step explanation:

The camouflage by the snow of the brown hare gives them selective advantage to remain undetected within the population during winter.since the allele for year -round brown fur within the snowshoe population, will be protected during winter by the slow, (adaptation for survival) this ensures survival, from selective pressure -Lynx, and gives them rooms for natural selection by nature for evolution.

Lynx, which preys on the brown snowshoe hares, in snow free environment will have better survival advantage for food, and therefore reproduction . Since the snow which camouflage them from the prey, has been removed by climatic change,Their population will therefore be naturally selected and evolved.

Thus the two organisms-Lynx and Snowshoe hare will co-evolve