I have been asked to explain this picture in terms of what I learned in chapter six of Survival of the Fittest. This color pattern was caused by a mutation. Mutations were originally thought of as random bumps in the human race, unrelated to genes, until a man discovered that mutations are constantly happening and will usually either have a harmful effect or no effect at all. In some rare cases, a random mutations will provide an advantage that will better the organisms change to survive and thrive. In the case of this flower, this mutations was most likely harmless, simply for visual appeal, but it is possible that this mutations is helpful.
I was asked to do the same with this photo, but instead using my knowledge from chapter three of My Inner Fish. I have concluded that this is directly at fault of an extra skin tissue with extra of the ZPA gene. The ZPA gene contains the blueprint for finger development for many species, and with too much, as shown in this picture, extra limbs can develop.
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