The Evolution of Melanism

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The Evolution of Melanism subtitled A study of recurring necessity with Special Reference to Industrial Melanism in the Lepidoptera is a science book by the lepidopterist Bernard Kettlewell. ISBN 0198573707

The book is somewhat chaotic but full of useful information, including Kettlewell's original papers in Heredity (journal) on his classic predation experiments on the peppered moth. It also covers Kettlewell's experiments in the Hebrides. It is generally recommended that those seeking to read about melanism should buy Majerus 1998 instead.

Peppered moth
Ecology | Genetics | Evolution | Taxonomy | Predation experiments
Researchers: Bernard Kettlewell (The Evolution of Melanism) | Mike Majerus (Melanism: Evolution in Action) | Laurence Cook | Cyril Clarke | Bruce Grant | E.B. Ford | Philip Sheppard J.W. Tutt
Alternative theories: Craig Millar | Ted Sargent
Creationism: Jonathan Wells (Icons of Evolution) | Judith Hooper (Of Moths and Men)
References

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) The_Evolution_of_Melanism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Melanism) version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Evolution_of_Melanism&action=history) GNU Free Documentation Lizenz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License) CC-by-sa (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/)

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