Industrial melanism in the peppered moth is not associated with genetic variation in canonical melanisation gene candidates.

Industrial melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia) is an iconic case study of ecological genetics but the molecular identity of the gene determining the difference between the typical and melanic (carbonaria) morphs is entirely unknown. We applied the candidate gene approach to look for ass...

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Main Authors: Arjen E van't Hof, Ilik J Saccheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2878321?pdf=render