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Transcriptome analysis of the epidermis of the purple quail-like (q-lp) mutant of silkworm, Bombyx mori.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Wang Pingyang, Qiu Zhiyong, Xia Dingguo, Tang Shunming, Shen Xingjia, Zhao Qiaoling
Abstract excerpt
A new purple quail-like (q-lp) mutant found from the plain silkworm strain 932VR has pigment dots on the epidermis similar to the pigment mutant quail (q). In addition, q-lp mutant larvae are inactive, consume little and grow slowly, with a high death rate and other developmental abnormalities. Pigmentation of the silkworm epidermis consists of melanin, ommochrome and pteridine. Silkworm development is regulated...
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