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Environmental effects on the construction and physical properties of Bombyx mori cocoons
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Published studies of silks focus on processed fibres or the optimum conditions for their production. Consequently, the effects of the environment on the physical properties of the cocoon are either poorly understood or kept as closely guarded industrial secrets. In this study, we test the hypothesis that silkworms as ectothermic animals respond to environmental conditions by modifying their spinning behaviour in a predictable manner, which affects the material properties of the cocoons in pre...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
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Magdalen College, Oxford
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer US Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Materials Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 24
- Pages:
- 10863-10872
- Publication date:
- 2016-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-08-11
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-4803
- ISSN:
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0022-2461
- Source identifiers:
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643824
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:643824
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- pubs:643824
- Deposit date:
- 2017-01-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Offord et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
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Copyright © 2016 The Authors.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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