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{{short description|1988 book by Mike Majerus}} {{italic title}} {{Refimprove|date=August 2020}} [[image:Melanism evolution in action.jpg|thumb|220px|''Melanism in Action'']] '''''Melanism: Evolution in Action''''' ({{ISBN|0-19-854982-2}}) is a book by Dr. [[Mike Majerus]], published in 1998. It is an update of [[Bernard Kettlewell]]'s book ''[[The Evolution of Melanism]]''. The book contains a very useful summary of Majerus' work on melanism in [[ladybirds]] and a review of the [[peppered moth]] story, including observations on moth behavior which sparked controversy. It may be criticised for being unevenly edited so as not to suit any one audience in its entirety. For example, it explains the basic principles of evolution such as the [[Hardy–Weinberg law]] in earlier sections, and in later sections includes graduate level concepts. [[Jerry Coyne]] reviewed the book for ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'',<ref>Coyne, J. A. (1998) "Not black and white, review of ''Melanism, Evolution in Action''," by Michael E.N. Majerus. ''Nature'' 396, 35–36.</ref> calling attention to the importance of the new moth behavior observations, and how they shook [[Bernard Kettlewell]]'s original hypothesis. This review has been criticised by Majerus and others of not being representative of the work. Reviews such as by [[Laurence Cook]]<ref>Cook, L. M. (1998) "Review of ''Majerus, M.E.N. Melanism, Evolution in Action''." ''Genetics Research Cambridge'' 72, 73–75.</ref> discussed Majerus' treatment but did not anticipate the controversy largely provoked by Coyne's review.<ref>"Brief history of the peppered moth debacle." rsbl20111136 Suppl (2).pdf. Supplement to Cook, L.M., Grant, B.S., Saccheri, I.J., Mallet, J. (2012) "Selective bird predation on the peppered moth: the last experiment of Michael Majerus." ''Royal Society Biology Letters.'' doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1136.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == See also == * [[Peppered moth evolution#Criticism and controversy]] {{pepperedmoth}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Melanism: Evolution In Action}} [[Category:Books on Lepidoptera]] [[Category:Books about evolution]] [[Category:1998 non-fiction books]]
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