Article
Genetic diversity and population structure of Indian golden silkmoth (Antheraea assama).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Arunkumar Kallare P, Sahu Anup Kumar, Mohanty Atish Ranjan, Awasthi Arvind K, Pradeep Appukuttannair R, Urs S Raje, Nagaraju Javaregowda
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Indian golden saturniid silkmoth (Antheraea assama), popularly known as muga silkmoth, is a semi-domesticated silk producing insect confined to a narrow habitat range of the northeastern region of India. Owing to the prevailing socio-political problems, the muga silkworm habitats in the northeastern region have not been accessible hampering the phylogeography studies of this rare silkmoth....
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