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Industrial melanism in British peppered moths has a singular and recent mutational origin.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 20 May 2011
van't Hof Arjen E, Edmonds Nicola, Dalíková Martina, Marec Frantisek, Saccheri Ilik J
Abstract excerpt
The rapid spread of a novel black form (known as carbonaria) of the peppered moth Biston betularia in 19th-century Britain is a textbook example of how an altered environment may produce morphological adaptation through genetic change. However, the underlying genetic basis of the difference between the wild-type (light-colored) and carbonaria forms has remained unknown. We have genetically mapped the carbonaria...
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