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Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences, Experimental Animals, 2(59), p. 139-146, 2010

DOI: 10.1538/expanim.59.139

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The Silkworm—An Attractive BioResource Supplied by Japan

Journal article published in 2010 by Yutaka Banno, Toru Shimada ORCID, Zenta Kajiura, Hideki Sezutsu
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Abstract

Silkworms have played an important agricultural role in supporting Japan's modernization, and traditionally, Japan has led the world as a repository of silkworm bioresources. The silkworm is a small and highly domesticated insect, which is ideal as a laboratory tool, although it is a bioresource that is relatively infrequently used in experiments at present. In this review, we describe the potential for silkworm resources to contribute to life sciences.