Decline of melanism in two British moths: Spatial, temporal and inter-specific variation

Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Cook, L M ^a   Turner, J R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial melanism; Peppered moth; Selection curve; Selective coefficient; Spatial scale; Systematic change

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MELANISM; MIGRATION; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INDUSTRY; MOTH; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; INDUSTRY; MELANINS; MOTHS; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BISTON BETULARIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 56549089907     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.105     Document Type: Article

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