The Rise and Fall of the Carbonaria Form of the Peppered Moth

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-417

  Cook, Laurence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biston betularia; Kettlewell; Melanism; Peppered moth; Predation; Selection

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADAPTATION; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENGLAND; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD CHAIN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MELANINS; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); WALES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BISTON BETULARIA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0347033480     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378925     Document Type: Review

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