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Article: SCIENCE SCAN JAPANESE-AMERICAN RESEARCHERS PROBE SILKWORM GENES OF MOTHS, BUTTERFLIES, THE WORST AG PESTS.(agricultural pests)
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- December 8, 2003
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Byline: David N. Leff, Science Editor
Editor's Note: Science Scan is a roundup of recently published, biotechnology-relevant research.
Current research to sequence the genome of the silkworm (Bombyx mori) could help target insect pests while sparing harmless insects. Lepidoptera, a group of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths, cause more damage than any other agricultural pest in the world.
To further understand these insects, a team of Japanese lepidopterists and radiologists teamed with a pair of biologists at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. They present findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...