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Fifty per cent and all that: what Haldane actually said

Author(s) -

Laurence M. Cook,

John R. Turner

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

biological journal of the linnean society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.906

H-Index - 112

eISSN - 1095-8312

pISSN - 0024-4066

DOI - 10.1093/biolinnean/blz169

Subject(s) - biology , natural selection , criticism , selection (genetic algorithm) , the internet , population , phenomenon , genealogy , evolutionary biology , ecology , epistemology , demography , law , sociology , artificial intelligence , history , philosophy , computer science , political science , world wide web

In 1924, J. B. S. Haldane used the observation of increasing melanic frequencies in peppered moths (Biston betularia L.) to illustrate strong selection in a natural population. Since the phenomenon was first observed, there has been criticism and misinterpretation of work on industrial melanism in moths coming from a number of directions, increasingly on the Internet. Haldane’s calculation, its reception and his other interests in peppered moths are reviewed. An example of Internet comments attributing opinions to him, and their origin and background, are discussed.

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