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¹Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States.

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Bombyx mori Drosophila melanogaster RNAi—RNA interference cephalopod fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)gene expression invertebrate animal models invertebrate physiology

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