Use the information and the figure below to answer Numbers 43 and 44.

A population of land snails colonized a field of light-colored grasses. At first, the population contained two types of snails, one with brown bands on their shells and another with yellow bands on their shells, as shown in the figure below. After 10 years, most of the snails had shells with yellow bands.

 
What process most likely led to an increase in the number of snails with yellow bands?
A   mutation
B   succession
C   natural selection
D   genetic engineering