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Review Published: 05 December 2012 The peppered moth and industrial melanism: evolution of a natural selection case study L M Cook & I J Saccheri Heredity 110, 207–212 (2013) Cite this article ...

Genetic convergence of industrial melanism in three geometrid moths, Biology Letters, 15 (10):20190582 | doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0582 ...

In sunny climes, evolution may have selected against melanism, since a black coat could overheat the animal, Eizirik says. (See " Here Are 7 Cats You Never Knew Existed.") ...

Insect cuticle melanism is linked to a number of life-history traits, and a positive relationship is hypothesized between melanism and the strength of immune defense. In this study, the phenotypic ...

Melanism is a rare condition that can make for some interesting-looking animals. It's caused by an over-development of melanin in the skin and can turn animals completely or partially black.

This kind of rapid evolution is more common among animals with a faster turnover rate when it comes to producing offspring, but it’s thought fire melanism affects species outside of insects and ...

Samples collected in and around Helsinki reveal that the melanism of Adalia bipunctata (L.) has a uniform level of 10—12% of melanic beetles in, and falling to zero or near zero roughly 15 km from the ...

Researchers suspect that melanism is maladaptive, or unhelpful, in Canada lynx, says Stan Boutin, an ecologist at the University of Alberta. That’s because it would make it harder for them to ...

The rise of dark forms of many species of moth in heavily polluted areas of 19th and 20th century Britain, known as industrial melanism, was a highly visible response to environmental change. But ...