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Observing evolution : peppered moths and the discovery of parallel melanism / Bruce S. Grant.

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Book
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Author/Creator:
Grant, Bruce S., 1942- author.
Contributor:
Project Muse.
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).
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Print version:
ISBN:
1421441667
9781421441665
Publisher Number:
40030669314
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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