How To Use melanism In A Sentence
- I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appeared -- such as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired by selection. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
- Looking to the cases which I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appeared — such as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired by selection. On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 08 (historical)
- The work of Burtt and colleagues provides a nice complement to recent work on the genetic basis of melanism in birds.
- Albinism does occur in some populations, but there are no published records of melanism (black fur) in lions.
- The idea that Majerus overturned Kettlewell's experiments and his explanation for melanism is a horrifying distortion of Majerus's actual views and writings, propagated by a combination of overhyped news reports and creationist propaganda. Death of a popular anti-ID argument
- That pattern of morphological convergence includes larger bills, reduced rust coloration in plumage, and increased melanism or dark coloration.
- Mutations occurred randomly, some of which conferred increased melanism. Death of a popular anti-ID argument
- Adaptations to short, cool summers include activity at low temperatures, selection of warm habitats and microhabitats, melanism and hairiness coupled with basking behaviour, and prolonged or abbreviated life cycles.
- Melanism in the peppered moth is known from breeding experiments to be a standard genetic trait following Mendelian inheritance. Death of a popular anti-ID argument
- In heterothermic (cold-blooded) invertebrates, hairiness and melanism (dark pigmentation) enable them to warm up in the summer season. General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
