/will give brainliest which of these conditions would most likely cause a decrease in the population of any species? a) increased competition for resources b) improved access to mates c) elimination of predators d) decrease in pathogens

small, big, or no change could occur in the phenotype. it could cause something as simple as a cats ears to curl backwards or something as frighting as death. it could also occur in the protien-coding area and have an effect on that but no effect on the amino acids. what has to occur is a changing in the hox gene or the control gene.