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When we think of domesticated animals, dogs, cats, cattle and horses are the types of animals that come to mind. But ...

Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares and the Northampton Center for the Arts will present “A World of Piano,” an event series featuring ...

SILK production is one of the most important industries in most of the warmer parts of the world; but the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori, still supplies by far the largest proportion of this ...

This study presents an important finding on the molecular mechanism for transduction of environmentally induced polyphenism. The evidence supporting the claims of the author is solid. This paper would ...

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural and Animal Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, P. R. China Jiangsu Key Laboratory of ...

The best-known product from moths and butterflies is silk, produced by the Bombyx moth caterpillar, also referred to as a silkworm. Each caterpillar can spin up to a mile of silk fiber, which has long ...

In insects, vitellogenin receptors (VgRs) belong to the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) family, which is able to transport Vg into the oocytes and provide nutrition for eggs growth and ...

The baculovirus ARIF-1 protein induces filopodia-like and invadosome-like structures in Bombyx mori hemocytes to breach the basal lamina surrounding host tissues, thus facilitating viral transmission.