Cryptic designs on the peppered moth

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Rudge, David Wÿss ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOLUTION; MOTHS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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