Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins

Author:Steve Jenkins [Jenkins, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2002-10-28T04:30:00+00:00

Mutation. Sometimes when plants and animals reproduce, something unusual happens and completely new features, called mutations, appear in the next generation. Most mutations are harmful and cause the organism to die. Sometimes, though, they provide an advantage and are passed on.

Fish with no mutations.

This fish is a lot like its parents.

A harmful mutation.

This albino fish is completely white. Because a white fish is much easier for a predator to spot, the fish probably does not survive.

The parents.

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