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The Evolution of Melanism

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Originally published
  
1973

Author
  
Bernard Kettlewell

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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.

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 Wikipedia