The Evolution of Melanism

The Evolution of Melanism: a study of recurring necessity; with special reference to industrial melanism in the Lepidoptera is a 1973 science book by the lepidopterist Bernard Kettlewell.

The book includes Kettlewell's original papers in the journal Heredity on his classic predation experiments on the peppered moth. It also covers Kettlewell's experiments in the Hebrides.

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The Evolution of Melanism: A study of recurring necessity; with special reference to industrial melanism in the Lepidoptera. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973. ISBN 0-19-857370-7

Peppered moth

Biology	Overview, ecology, and genetics Evolution of Experiments on

Writers and researchers	Bernard Kettlewell Mike Majerus Cyril Clarke Bruce Grant E. B. Ford Jonathan Wells Judith Hooper Laurence M. Cook

Works	The Evolution of Melanism Melanism: Evolution in Action Icons of Evolution Of Moths and Men

Creative works	The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble

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The Evolution of Melanism

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