Examples of silkworm

• It mimics spiders and silkworms and has been developed to spin synthetic silks.

• Genetics of the silkworm : revisiting an ancient model system.

• A second-generation integrated map of the silkworm reveals synteny and conserved gene order between lepidopteran insects.

• In contrast, mulberry leaves, used for feeding silkworms, belonged to the landlord.

• It was around this time that the village experienced the development of sericultural industry (silkworm-breeding) and the building of canals.

• Production of silkworm cocoons was also running at less than half the 1933 level.

• It seems amazing that the silkworm has established a crisis management system in spermatogenesis by adopting such a simple mechanism as peristaltic squeezing.

• However, no such marker gene has been cloned in the silkworm.