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Genetic analysis of Indian tasar silkmoth (Antheraea mylitta) populations.
Scientific reports - 29 Oct 2015
Chakraborty Saikat, Muthulakshmi M, Vardhini Deena, Jayaprakash P, Nagaraju J, Arunkumar K P
Abstract excerpt
Indian tasar silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta is an economically important wild silkmoth species distributed across India. A number of morphologically and ethologically well-defined ecotypes are known for this species that differ in their primary food plant specificity. Most of these ecotypes do not interbreed in nature, but are able to produce offspring under captive conditions. Microsatellite markers were developed...
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