Re: [asa] Kettlewell had design problems

And of course

Rudge DW.
Myths about moths: a study in contrasts.
Endeavour. 2006 Mar;30(1):19-23.

The phenomenon of industrial melanism is the preeminent example of
natural selection in textbooks and the popular media. Much of its fame
stems from a set of pioneering and apparently definitive
investigations by H.B.D. 'Bernard' Kettlewell in the early 1950s.
There is a marked contrast in how the phenomenon and Kettlewell's work
on it are perceived by the public and scientists. Tensions between
these two perceptions have recently led to calls for the removal of
the example from textbooks, and indeed allegations that Kettlewell
committed fraud. This article (part of the Science in the Industrial
Revolution series) will show that these charges are baseless and stem
from a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of science as a
process.

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