The silk cocoon of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: Macro structure and its influence on transmural diffusion of oxygen and water vapor

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-263

  Blossman Myer, Bonnie ^a   Burggren, Warren W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Cocoon; Diffusion; Oxygen consumption; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCOON; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HOST RESISTANCE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; RESPIROMETRY; SILK; SILKWORM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER LOSS; WATER VAPOR;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 72049125345     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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