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The rise and fall of the Carbonaria form of the peppered moth.

The Quarterly review of biology - 1 Dec 2003

Cook Laurence M

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The evidence for change in frequency of the melanic carbonaria morph in the peppered moth Biston betularia (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in England and Wales is reviewed. At mid-20th century a steep cline of melanic phenotype frequency running from the north of Wales to the southern coast of En...

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PMID: 14737825
DOI: 10.1086/378925

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