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MeSH Heading: Bombyx
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.937.650.100
Unique ID: D012831
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012831
Scope Note: A genus of silkworm MOTHS in the family Bombycidae of the order LEPIDOPTERA. The family contains a single species, Bombyx mori from the Greek for silkworm + mulberry tree (on which it feeds). A native of Asia, it is sometimes reared in this country. It has long been raised for its SILK and after centuries of domestication it probably does not exist in nature. It is used extensively in experimental GENETICS. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p519)
Entry Term(s): Bombyx mori; Silkmoth; Silkmoths; Silkworm; Silkworms
Registry Numbers: txid7090; txid7091
Related Numbers: txid7091
Public MeSH Note: 2005; use SILKWORMS 1963-2004
History Note: 2005 (1963)
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0019864
Registry Numbers: txid7090
Related Numbers: txid7091
Scope Note: A genus of silkworm MOTHS in the family Bombycidae of the order LEPIDOPTERA. The family contains a single species, Bombyx mori from the Greek for silkworm + mulberry tree (on which it feeds). A native of Asia, it is sometimes reared in this country. It has long been raised for its SILK and after centuries of domestication it probably does not exist in nature. It is used extensively in experimental GENETICS. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p519)
Terms: Bombyx Preferred Term
Term UI T037830
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Silkworms
Term UI T037828
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Silkmoths
Term UI T037829
Date01/23/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Silkworm
Term UI T581395
Date04/06/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Silkmoth
Term UI T581396
Date04/06/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

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