Author: Bruce S. Grant
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441659
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"The author presents a firsthand narrative about discovering the parallel evolution of melanism in American and British peppered moths, Biston betularia"--
Observing Evolution
Author: Bruce S. Grant
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441659
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"The author presents a firsthand narrative about discovering the parallel evolution of melanism in American and British peppered moths, Biston betularia"--
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441659
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
"The author presents a firsthand narrative about discovering the parallel evolution of melanism in American and British peppered moths, Biston betularia"--
The Evolution of Melanism
Author: Bernard Kettlewell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Color of insects
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Color of insects
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Melanism and Melanochroism in British Lepidoptera
Author: James William Tutt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Melanism
Author: M. E. N. Majerus
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Animal pigments
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Melanism: Evolution in Action describes investigations into a ubiquitous biological phenomenon, the existence of dark, or melanic, forms of many species of mammals, insects, and some plants. Melanism is a particularly exciting phenomenon in terms of our understanding of evolution. Unlike manyother polymorphisms, the rise of a melanic population within a species is a visible alteration. Not only this, but melanism may sometimes occur dramatically quickly compared to other evolutionary change. Examples of melanism include one of the most famous illustrations of Darwinian naturalselection, the peppered moth. This book, the first written on melanism since 1973, gives a lucid and up-to-date appraisal of the subject. The book is divided into ten chapters. The first four chapters place melanism into its historical and scientific context, with illustrations of its occurrence,and physical and genetic properties. Chapters 5-9 look in more detail at melanism in moths and ladybirds, explaining the diversity of evolutionary reasons for melanism, and the complexities underlying this apparently simple phenomenon. The final chapter shows how the study of melanism has contibutedto our understanding of biological evolution as a whole. Written in an engaging and readable style, by an author whose enthusiasm and depth of knowledge is apparent throughout, this book will be welcomed by all students and researchers in the fields of evolution, ecology, entomology, and genetics.It will also be of relevance to professional and amateur entomologists and lepidopterists alike.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Animal pigments
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Melanism: Evolution in Action describes investigations into a ubiquitous biological phenomenon, the existence of dark, or melanic, forms of many species of mammals, insects, and some plants. Melanism is a particularly exciting phenomenon in terms of our understanding of evolution. Unlike manyother polymorphisms, the rise of a melanic population within a species is a visible alteration. Not only this, but melanism may sometimes occur dramatically quickly compared to other evolutionary change. Examples of melanism include one of the most famous illustrations of Darwinian naturalselection, the peppered moth. This book, the first written on melanism since 1973, gives a lucid and up-to-date appraisal of the subject. The book is divided into ten chapters. The first four chapters place melanism into its historical and scientific context, with illustrations of its occurrence,and physical and genetic properties. Chapters 5-9 look in more detail at melanism in moths and ladybirds, explaining the diversity of evolutionary reasons for melanism, and the complexities underlying this apparently simple phenomenon. The final chapter shows how the study of melanism has contibutedto our understanding of biological evolution as a whole. Written in an engaging and readable style, by an author whose enthusiasm and depth of knowledge is apparent throughout, this book will be welcomed by all students and researchers in the fields of evolution, ecology, entomology, and genetics.It will also be of relevance to professional and amateur entomologists and lepidopterists alike.
Behavioural and Ecological Genetics
Author: Peter Angas Parsons
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Insects
Author: Vincent H. Resh
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 9780080920900
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Awarded Best Reference by the New York Public Library (2004), Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE (2003), and AAP/PSP 2003 Best Single Volume Reference/Sciences by Association of American Publishers' Professional Scholarly Publishing Division, the first edition of Encyclopedia of Insects was acclaimed as the most comprehensive work devoted to insects. Covering all aspects of insect anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management, this book sets the standard in entomology. The second edition of this reference will continue the tradition by providing the most comprehensive, useful, and up-to-date resource for professionals. Expanded sections in forensic entomology, biotechnology and Drosphila, reflect the full update of over 300 topics. Articles contributed by over 260 high profile and internationally recognized entomologists provide definitive facts regarding all insects from ants, beetles, and butterflies to yellow jackets, zoraptera, and zygentoma. * 66% NEW and revised content by over 200 international experts * New chapters on Bedbugs, Ekbom Syndrome, Human History, Genomics, Vinegaroons * Expanded sections on insect-human interactions, genomics, biotechnology, and ecology * Each of the 273 articles updated to reflect the advances which have taken place in entomology research since the previous edition * Features 1,000 full-color photographs, figures and tables * A full glossary, 1,700 cross-references, 3,000 bibliographic entries, and online access save research time * Updated with online access
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 9780080920900
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Awarded Best Reference by the New York Public Library (2004), Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE (2003), and AAP/PSP 2003 Best Single Volume Reference/Sciences by Association of American Publishers' Professional Scholarly Publishing Division, the first edition of Encyclopedia of Insects was acclaimed as the most comprehensive work devoted to insects. Covering all aspects of insect anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management, this book sets the standard in entomology. The second edition of this reference will continue the tradition by providing the most comprehensive, useful, and up-to-date resource for professionals. Expanded sections in forensic entomology, biotechnology and Drosphila, reflect the full update of over 300 topics. Articles contributed by over 260 high profile and internationally recognized entomologists provide definitive facts regarding all insects from ants, beetles, and butterflies to yellow jackets, zoraptera, and zygentoma. * 66% NEW and revised content by over 200 international experts * New chapters on Bedbugs, Ekbom Syndrome, Human History, Genomics, Vinegaroons * Expanded sections on insect-human interactions, genomics, biotechnology, and ecology * Each of the 273 articles updated to reflect the advances which have taken place in entomology research since the previous edition * Features 1,000 full-color photographs, figures and tables * A full glossary, 1,700 cross-references, 3,000 bibliographic entries, and online access save research time * Updated with online access
Evolutionary Biology
Author: Max K. Hecht
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489917519
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information. Volume 30 brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics as Adaptation in Drosophila and the role of cytochrome P450s Population genetics and species conservation of the cheetah germ-layer theory assymetry in the mammalian skeleton genetic diversity of marine fish the phenomenon of industrial melanism the variation in lizard cranal kinesis. Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation-rate estimates and the use of molecular clocks in determining the rate of nucleotide substitution in higher plants.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489917519
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information. Volume 30 brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics as Adaptation in Drosophila and the role of cytochrome P450s Population genetics and species conservation of the cheetah germ-layer theory assymetry in the mammalian skeleton genetic diversity of marine fish the phenomenon of industrial melanism the variation in lizard cranal kinesis. Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation-rate estimates and the use of molecular clocks in determining the rate of nucleotide substitution in higher plants.
Melanism in the Northern Gray Squirrel
Author: Elizabeth Louise Fenner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanosis
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanosis
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Naturalist
Report of the Annual Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description