Parallel rise and fall of melanic peppered moths in America and Britain

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 351-357

  Grant, B S ^a   Owen, D F ^b   Clarke, C A ^c  

^a Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BISTON BETULARIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0029858124     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023013     Document Type: Article

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