He used eight species in his studies, four of which were species of butterfly that did not exhibit melanism.
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This would explain why recessive melanism persists when melanistic individuals are disadvantaged because they are poorly camouflaged in open areas.
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Tsunami is spotted, but Jahzara is a melanistic jaglion due to inheriting the jaguar's dominant melanism gene.
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The depletion of tigers in those regions may have eliminated the carriers of genes for melanism and pseudo-melanism.
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The depletion of tigers in those regions may have eliminated the carriers of genes for melanism and pseudo-melanism.
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The intensity of the markings vary considerably, with darker individuals predominating in urban areas, an example of industrial melanism.
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Natural History Museum wrote in " The Times, " 14 October 1936 of 2 cases of melanism in the tiger.
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Futuyma said other insect species had shown increases in the proportion of darkened individuals in industrialized areas, a phenomenon known as industrial melanism.
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However this is a variable species and darker forms exist, including examples of industrial melanism which are prevalent in some towns and cities.
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An extensively studied example of niche microdifferentiation is the melanism of Peppered Moths near industrial centers of England during and after the Industrial Revolution.
