Frequency of insularia during the decline in melanics in the peppered moth Biston betularia in Britain

Heredity

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 580-585

  Cook, L M ^a   Grant, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Biston betularia; Industrial melanism; Insularia; Multiple alleles; Peppered moth; Selection

Indexed keywords

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC REGULATION; INSULARIA; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DECLINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, INSECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; MELANINS; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BISTON BETULARIA; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0034465193     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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