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Space flight experiment on Chinese silkworm on board the Russian 10th Biosatellite.
Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) - 1 Jan 1998
Shi Z, Zhuang D, Ilyin E A
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Space flight experiments on Chinese silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) were conducted on board the Russian 10th Biosatellite for 12 days. The samples included silkworm eggs, larvae, cocoons, pupae and moths. The processes of spinning, cocooning, mating, oviposition, larval hatching, pupation and moth emergence all completed well in space. The following effects of space flight on silkworm development were observed: The...
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