The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

Arjen E. van’t Hof, Pascal Campagne, Daniel J. Rigden, Carl J. Yung, Jessica Lingley, Michael A. Quail, Neil Hall, Alistair C. Darby and Ilik J. Saccheri ()
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Arjen E. van’t Hof: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Pascal Campagne: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Daniel J. Rigden: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Carl J. Yung: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Jessica Lingley: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Michael A. Quail: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Neil Hall: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Alistair C. Darby: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building
Ilik J. Saccheri: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building

Nature, 2016, vol. 534, issue 7605, 102-105

Abstract: The mutation responsible for the black carbonaria morph of the peppered moth is identified as a transposable element within the cortex gene.

Date: 2016
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