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.

Additional recommended knowledge

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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.

References

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

v • d • e 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 · Philip Sheppard · J. W. Tutt · Jonathan Wells · Judith Hooper
Works	The Evolution of Melanism · Melanism: Evolution in Action · Icons of Evolution · Of Moths and Men