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industrial melanism [ɪnˌdʌstriəlˈmelənɪzm] N
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- Many moths show industrial melanism, including the peppered moth which has coloration that blends in with tree bark.en.wikipedia.org
- In these types of cases of industrial melanism, the darker pigmented individuals develop a higher fitness and are favored by natural selection.en.wikipedia.org
- The intensity of the markings vary considerably, with darker individuals predominating in urban areas, an example of industrial melanism.en.wikipedia.org
- This has led to the coining of the term industrial melanism to refer to the genetic darkening of species in response to pollutants.en.wikipedia.org
- Industrial melanism is mostly concerned with the visual effects of melanization.en.wikipedia.org
- His experiment resulted in better understanding of industrial melanism and its effects on the evolution of species.en.wikipedia.org
- He considered examples of camouflage such as industrial melanism, in which moths and other arthropods evolve darker pigmentation when exposed to an environment with a lot of soot in it.en.wikipedia.org
- By then, what had previously been a fairly limited scientific dispute over the cause(s) of industrial melanism had become a debacle.www.evolutionnews.org
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