Experimental evidence for non-visual selection in Cepaea nemoralis (original) (raw)
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A population-cage experiment carried out on Cepaea nemoralis in a valley bottom which experiences temperature inversions has demonstrated powerful non-visual selection. The brown morph survived significantly better than pink five-bandeds and yellow unbandeds which are naturally absent from the valley. It is suggested that climatic factors are responsible.
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- Department of Biology and Geology, The Polytechnic of North London, Holloway, London, N7 8DB
C R Bantock
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Bantock, C. Experimental evidence for non-visual selection in Cepaea nemoralis.Heredity 33, 409–412 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.107
- Received: 28 March 1974
- Issue date: 01 December 1974
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.107