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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2012
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| 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 |