Agenetic mutation causes a newt to have faster reflexes. after many generations, most of the newt population has the reflex mutation. which of the following most likely caused this change?

a. other newts learned to copy the strategies of the mutated newt.
b. the newt passed on its mutated gene to other adult newts.
c. newts with the mutation are better able to survive and reproduce than newts without
the mutation.
d. the mutation was contagious.