Aspecies can develop genetic diversity.
a. immediately
b. over a short period of time
c. over a long period of time
d. over any period of time

The correct answer is-  C. over a long period of time.

Genetic diversity can be described as the sum of all the genetic characteristics, which correspond to the genetic makeup of all the organisms within a species.

Genetic diversity allows the organisms of a population to adapt to the changing environmental conditions as beneficial alleles allows the differential survival and reproduction of an organism.

Thus, a species  develop genetic diversity over a long period of time that brings desirable modification or lead to the evolution of new species.

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.