3. Elephants in certain areas in Africa have been found to be born without tusks where poaching (hunting) seems to have had a great impact on wild populations. Could this be the result of a
mutation? Explain why this trait could become more prevalent in these wild populations.

Protein misfolding is a common cellular event that can occur throughout the lifetime of a cell, caused by different events including genetic mutations, translational errors, abnormal protein modifications, thermal or oxidative stress, and incomplete complex formations.