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Title
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An integrated database for the enhanced identification of silkworm gene resources |
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Authors
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ChangKug Kim1, KeeYoung Kim2, DongSuk Park1, YoungJoo Seol1, JangHo Hahn1, SooChul Park1, PilDon Kang2,*
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Affiliation
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1Genomics Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science (NAAS), Suwon 441-707, Korea, 2Sericultural & Apicultural Materials Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science (NAAS), Korea.
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kangpd@rda.go.kr. | |
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Article Type
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Database | |
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Date
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Received March 03, 2010; accepted April 09, 2010; published April 30, 2010 | |
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Abstract |
The National Academy of Agricultural Science (NAAS) has developed a web-based database to provide characterization information in silkworm. The silkworm database has four major function menus: variety searching, characterization viewing, general information and photo gallery. It provides 321 silkworm varieties characterization information for six different regions namely, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, European, Tropical and non-classified group. Additionally, the database provides 1,132 photo images regarding life cycle of various silkworm varieties. A specific characterization information table provides accession number, variety, strain and larval marking, blood color, cocoon color, cocoon shape, egg colors, remarks and image table provides photos which consist of shape and color in the different stages of larval, egg and cocoon stages.
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| Availability | The database is available for free at http://www.naas.go.kr/silkworm/english/ | |
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Keywords |
silkworm variety, gene resources, silkworm races, silkworm database | |
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Citation
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Kim et al. Bioinformation 4 (10): 000-000 (2010)
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Edited by
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P. Kangueane | |
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ISSN
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0973-2063
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Publisher
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License
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This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |