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How does a silk worm find its female partner?
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Cheryl Verma 6 years, 3 months ago

A silkworm find her female by its smell

Yogita Ingle 6 years, 3 months ago


The female silk worm (Bombyx mori) uses volatile organic molecules which is basically pherohormone named bombykol, to attract male silk worms. The male silk worms have antennae that is ​a pheromone-binding protein conveys bombykol to a membrane-bound receptor on a nerve cell and thus help in sexual arousal or attraction.

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