Dear Colleagues could you let me know ongoing studies on Bombyx mori as a model organism?

11 November 2016 1 7K Report

There are several model organizms to resolve different kind of problems in Biology. Therefore I wonder to know how Bombyx mori is used in this regards? I would appreciate to get any publication dealing with this issue.

George Japoshvili

Since I put this question there was no any reply, this looks strange to me as I know there must be studies before done and now ongoing on Silk worm as a model organism. Therefore I would like to write this reminder, may be someone missed this question.

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