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Observing evolution : peppered moths and the discovery of parallel melanism / Bruce S. Grant.
- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Bruce S., 1942- author.
- Series:
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peppered moth.
- Melanism.
- Moths--Evolution.
- Moths.
- Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Peppered moths and the discovery of parallel melanism
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 09, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 1421441667
- 9781421441665
- Publisher Number:
- 40030669314
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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