The mitochondrial genome of Muga silkworm (Antheraea assamensis) and its comparative analysis with other lepidopteran insects.

Muga (Antheraea assamensis) is an economically important silkmoth endemic to the states of Assam and Meghalaya in India and is the producer of the strongest known commercial silk. However, there is a scarcity of genomic and proteomic data for understanding the organism at a molecular level. Our pres...

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Main Authors: Deepika Singh, Debajyoti Kabiraj, Pragya Sharma, Hasnahana Chetia, Ponnala Vimal Mosahari, Kartik Neog, Utpal Bora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5687760?pdf=render