The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is an insect that no longer flies due to domestication.The males use their antennae to detect pheromones emitted by females and respond very acutely, and have been ...

ORAL administration of antibiotics such as penicillin, streptomycin, aureomycin and chloromycetin is known to stimulate the growth of mammals 1 and birds 2. So far, no analogous work appears to ...

THE silk thread extruded by the lava of the silk moth of commerce (Bombyx mori) consists of two parts: a central core of two filaments of the protein fibre ‘fibroin’, surrounded and cemented ...