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Dysfunction of a lepidopteran conserved gene, BmBLOC1S6, causes a translucent larval integument in the silkworm,

Tao Sun1,2, Jiangbo Song1,2, Jingzhi Luo1,2

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.

Pest Management Science
|January 22, 2025
PubMed
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Keywords:
BLOC‐1UV irradiationlepidopteran pest controltranslucent integumenturic acid

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