Bombyx mori (Silk Moth) - GCF_030269925.1 [RefSeq annotation] Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Bombyx mori

Bombyx mori, commonly known as the domestic silk moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mandarina, the wild silk moth. Silkworms are the larvae of silk moths. The silkworm is of particular economic value, being a primary producer of silk. The silkworm's preferred food are the leaves of white mulberry, though they may eat other species of mulberry, and even leaves of other plants like the osage orange. Domestic silk moths are entirely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silk moths, which are other species of Bombyx, are not as commercially viable in the production of silk.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_030269925.2].

The total length of the assembly is 461688958 bp contained within 29 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 16894347, the scaffold L50 value is 13. The GC% content of the assembly is 38.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_030269925.2.

metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release vGCF_030269925.1-RS_2024_01.html. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by metazoa.