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单词 industrial melanism
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Definition of industrial melanism in English:

industrial melanism

noun
mass nounZoology
  • The prevalence of dark-coloured varieties of animals (especially moths) in industrial areas where they are better camouflaged than paler forms.

    〔动〕工业黑化现象

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here are some of his comments regarding his concerns about creationists' misuse of industrial melanism.
    • A change in the direction of selective effect on a mutation is unusual, though there are some well-documented cases, such as industrial melanism in moths.
    • Recent reports exaggerate the death of industrial melanism as an exemplar of natural selection.
    • For 50 years, this interpretation of industrial melanism was just a theory, until an amateur lepidopterist went into the countryside to prove it.

Definition of industrial melanism in US English:

industrial melanism

noun
Zoology
  • The prevalence of dark-colored varieties of animals (especially moths) in industrial areas where they are better camouflaged against predators than paler forms.

    〔动〕工业黑化现象

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here are some of his comments regarding his concerns about creationists' misuse of industrial melanism.
    • For 50 years, this interpretation of industrial melanism was just a theory, until an amateur lepidopterist went into the countryside to prove it.
    • A change in the direction of selective effect on a mutation is unusual, though there are some well-documented cases, such as industrial melanism in moths.
    • Recent reports exaggerate the death of industrial melanism as an exemplar of natural selection.
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