Silkworm Genetic Blueprint Mapped Out  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2005年第1期25-26,共2页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is not a worm, but the larva of a moth. Firstdomesticated for silk production about 5,000 years ago, it is a well-studied lepidopteran modelsystem, thanks to its rich repertoire of distinctive mutations affecting virtually every aspect ofthe organism's morphology, development and behavior, as well as its considerable economicimportance. Fresh progress has been made in genetic studies of the silkworm in the teamwork ofscientists from the CAS Beijing Genomics Institute, Southwest Agricultural University, the James D.Watson Institute of Genome Sciences of Zhejiang University and the Genome Center of the Universityof Washington in the US.

关 键 词：桑蚕 鳞翅类 生物学 遗传因子 生理过程 

分 类 号：S881[农业科学—特种经济动物饲养]