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Observing evolution : peppered moths and the discovery of parallel melanism /
The extraordinary tale of the humble peppered moth is at the very foundation of our acceptance of Darwinian evolution. When scientists in the early twentieth century discovered that a British population of the small, speckled Biston betularia had become black over the course of mere decades in respo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PART I
- 1. Passing the Baton
- 2. Peppered Moths 101
- 3. Catching Moths Using Light Traps
- 4. Camouflage
- 5. The Rest-Site Selection Controversy
- 6. A Feeling for the Organism
- 7. Elizabethan Moths
- 8. Nonrandom Rest-Site Selection in Captivity
- 9. Life at Mountain Lake
- 10. Travel Arrangements
- PART II
- 11. Wirral Welcome
- 12. Coffee with the Clarkes
- 13. A Clockwork Orange
- 14. Surface Reflectance
- 15. How to Pick Up a Moth
- 16. Birch Moths
- 17. Cultural Assimilation
- 18. Caterpillars
- 19. Long Season's End
- 20. Yankees Go Home
- PART III
- 21. From Field to Lab
- 22. The Talk
- 23. The Grand Pub
- PART IV
- 24. Summer School
- 25. Coauthors
- PART V
- 26. Nihongo
- 27. Gaijin
- 28. Reception
- 29. Around Town
- 30. In the Field
- 31. Tajima
- 32. Fisheries Lab
- 33. Hokkaido
- 34. Tourists
- 35. Nagano
- 36. East Meets West
- PART VI
- 37. Serendipity
- 38. Allelic Melanism
- 39. Conspecific Pheromones
- 40. Howard Hughes Lecture
- 41. Mr. Parallel Evolution
- 42. Aerogrammes
- 43. Edwin S. George Reserve
- 44. Farewell and Welcome
- 45. Nature
- 46. Round Two
- 47. Oxfordshire
- 48. New York Times
- 49. Expanding Views