Original paper

The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

Nature50.50
Volume: 534, Issue: 7605, Pages: 102 - 105
Published: Jun 1, 2016
Abstract
Discovering the mutational events that fuel adaptation to environmental change remains an important challenge for evolutionary biology. The classroom example of a visible evolutionary response is industrial melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia): the replacement, during the Industrial Revolution, of the common pale typica form by a previously unknown black (carbonaria) form, driven by the interaction between bird predation and coal...
Paper Details
Title
The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element
Published Date
Jun 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
534
Issue
7605
Pages
102 - 105
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