In each of the following, choose the better of the two choices.
-Brown eye color resulting from wearing contact lenses:
A) a characteristic that can affect future natural selection
B) a characteristic that cannot affect future natural selection

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Brown eye color resulting from wearing contact lenses is not a genetic trait but a temporary, artificial modification. Therefore, it cannot affect future natural selection because it does not influence the genetic makeup passed down to offspring. Natural selection acts on heritable traits, and since contact lens-induced eye color change is not heritable, it cannot be acted upon by natural selection.

In Each of the Following, Choose the Better of the Two