The silkmoth cocoon as humidity trap and waterproof barrier

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 645-652

  Horrocks, Nicholas P C ^a   Vollrath, Fritz ^a   Dicko, Cedric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Cocoon; Permeability; Porosity; Silkmoth; Silkworm; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHERAEA PEMYI; ARTICLE; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; COCOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; MULBERRY; NONHUMAN; PHILOSAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI; POROSITY; PUPATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84874563517     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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