Although the peppered moth has been the poster child of Darwinian evolution ... In particular, scientist questioned whether birds were really the agents selecting between the light– and dark-colored ...

Put 5 light coloured and 5 dark coloured moths in a container ... in the characteristics of a population in response to the environment. Observations of peppered moths (Biston betularia) in the UK are ...

In the former study, Ilik Saccheri of the University of Liverpool, U.K., and colleagues crossed light- and dark-color moths and mapped their genetic differences. From a genetic sequence of 400,000 ...

In the peppered moth population of Great Britain there is variation in the colour of the moth’s bodies. Some moths have a light body; some have a dark, or melanic body. Body colour is an ...