A biology student wants to conduct a study of how the amount of food affects weight gain for mice. He sets up four cages with a mouse in each cage. What are the independent variable, dependent variable, and constants? For the independent variable, what would you put in the box below for each mouse?

c should be the answer

the right option is; decreased genetic variation  

decreased genetic variation describes the effect of this environmental change.

genetic variation is the naturally occurring genetic diversities or differences between organisms of the same species in a population. genetic variation allows the survival and adaptability of a species when they encounter changing environmental conditions. when an endangered species reduces, it loses genetic variation which may not be restored even if the species rebound and will only be recovered through the gradual collection of mutations over many years.