Selective bird predation on the peppered moth: the last experiment of Michael Majerus

Colour variation in the peppered moth Biston betularia was long accepted to be under strong natural selection. Melanics were believed to be fitter than pale morphs because of lower predation at daytime resting sites on dark, sooty bark. Melanics became common during the industrial revolution, but si...

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Autores principales: Cook, L. M., Grant, B. S., Saccheri, I. J., Mallet, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.1136

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.1136

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