The Evolution Of Melanism
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Author | : M. E. N. Majerus |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Melanism: Evolution in Action describes investigations into a ubiquitous biological phenomenon, the existence of dark, or melanic, forms of many species of mammals, insects, and some plants. Melanism is a particularly exciting phenomenon in terms of our understanding of evolution. Unlike manyother polymorphisms, the rise of a melanic population within a species is a visible alteration. Not only this, but melanism may sometimes occur dramatically quickly compared to other evolutionary change. Examples of melanism include one of the most famous illustrations of Darwinian naturalselection, the peppered moth. This book, the first written on melanism since 1973, gives a lucid and up-to-date appraisal of the subject. The book is divided into ten chapters. The first four chapters place melanism into its historical and scientific context, with illustrations of its occurrence,and physical and genetic properties. Chapters 5-9 look in more detail at melanism in moths and ladybirds, explaining the diversity of evolutionary reasons for melanism, and the complexities underlying this apparently simple phenomenon. The final chapter shows how the study of melanism has contibutedto our understanding of biological evolution as a whole. Written in an engaging and readable style, by an author whose enthusiasm and depth of knowledge is apparent throughout, this book will be welcomed by all students and researchers in the fields of evolution, ecology, entomology, and genetics.It will also be of relevance to professional and amateur entomologists and lepidopterists alike.
Author | : Bernard Kettlewell |
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Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Bernard Kettlewell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Medical |
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Author | : H.B.D. Kettlewell |
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Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Judith Hooper |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780393325256 |
In this revelatory work, Judith Hooper uncovers the intellectual rivalries, petty jealousies, and flawed science behind one of the most famous experiments in evolutionary biology. Bernard Kettlewell's 1953 experiment on the peppered moths of England made him a media star on the order of Jonas Salk -- but also an unlikely tragic hero. As Hooper recounts in this rollicking scientific detective story, the truth can be subverted when the stakes are very high. Book jacket.
Author | : Peter Angas Parsons |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Bruce S. Grant |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2021-08-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1421441659 |
"The author presents a firsthand narrative about discovering the parallel evolution of melanism in American and British peppered moths, Biston betularia"--
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Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Jonathan Wells |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 159698533X |
Everything you were taught about evolution is wrong.
Author | : Richard Goldschmidt |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780300028232 |
An eminent geneticist examines the Darwinian theory of evolution, analyzes the hereditary differences that produce new species, and suggests changes in evolutionary theory based on his biological research