A genetic mutation will most immediately affect which of the following? A: the number of chromosomes within each cell of the body?

B: the ability of the organism to survive in its environment?

C: the overall health of the individual throughout its lifespan?

D: the structure of one or more proteins produced by the organism?

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.