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Bombyx mori

vr.tr.bombyx-mori · thing-q134747

Let an agent describe Bombyx mori, its life cycle, sericulture and research use, from biological and agricultural sources.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.LIV
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Organism Strain and stage.

Strain

Variety.

Strain

Name and voltinism.

  1. Which strain? provenance
  2. How many generations per year? measurement

Stage

Life stage.

Stage

Egg, larva, pupa or adult.

  1. Which life stage? boundary
  2. Which instar? provenance
Sericulture Rearing.

Rearing

Conditions.

Rearing

Conditions.

  1. What rearing conditions? measurement
  2. Per which guide? provenance

Cocoon

Yield.

Cocoon

Weight and filament.

  1. What cocoon yield? measurement
  2. Per which test? provenance
Research Model organism.

Genome

Assembly.

Genome

Assembly and source.

  1. Which genome assembly? provenance
  2. Per which database? provenance

Transgenics

GM lines.

GM line

Description.

  1. Which modification? provenance
  2. Under which approval? provenance
Health Diseases.

Disease

Pathogen.

Disease

Name and agent.

  1. Which disease? provenance
  2. Per which diagnosis? provenance

Prevention

Measures.

Prevention

Measure.

  1. Which prevention measures? provenance
  2. Per which guide? provenance

Classifiers Filled

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Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
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Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.LIV
Other names and narrower kinds
Genetically modified silkworm

What it is Filled

The domestic silkmoth, a species of moth in the family Bombycidae, domesticated from the wild Bombyx mandarina in China about 5,000 years ago; its larvae (silkworms) feed on mulberry leaves and spin cocoons of silk, and it is a model organism in genetics.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe Bombyx mori, its life cycle, sericulture and research use, from biological and agricultural sources.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Fully domesticated: adults cannot fly and do not survive in the wild.
  • The genome was sequenced in 2004; transgenic silkworms produce engineered proteins.
  • Larvae feed almost exclusively on mulberry (Morus) leaves.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • advise releasing GM insects

May

  • describe biology and sericulture

Moral aspects Filled

  • animal welfare in sericulture (killing of pupae)

Who is affected

  • silk farmers

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; a species

Master systems

  • NCBI Taxonomy
  • SilkBase

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q622852 - registry parent class

related

  • moth - insect
  • silk - material
  • mulberry - plant
  • Bombyx mandarina - wild ancestor

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.bombyx-mori
  • Wikidata: Q134747 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134747)
  • NCBI Taxonomy: 7091 Bombyx mori
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: 1868664 species key

Direct properties required Filled

  • total filament length per commercial cocoon: about 600 to 1500 m - FAO; reelable length is shorter and varies by strain

Recognition required Filled

  • Larvae spin cocoons (white, yellow or other colours by strain) before pupation; adults are flightless white moths
  • Larvae are pale caterpillars; adults are white, heavy-bodied moths that cannot fly.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe the life cycle
  • explain sericulture in general terms
  • explain its use as a model organism
  • point to genome databases

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Silkworm diseases such as pebrine
  • Allergies to silk proteins

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Biosafety rules for genetically modified organisms

Context of use required Filled

  • Silk production (sericulture) and research.
  • univoltine, bivoltine and polyvoltine strains
  • genetically modified silkworms

Sources Filled

  1. Q134747 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Bombyx mori - general description of the subject
  3. Bombyx mori - Scientific name, species rank, Bombycidae membership and Taxonomy ID 7091.
  4. Bombyx mori - GBIF Backbone Taxonomy identifier 1868664.
  5. Silk reeling and testing manual, Chapter 2 - Cocoon characteristics, strain-dependent filament length and total versus reelable length.
  6. The genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori - Model-organism role and availability of draft genome sequences in 2004.
  7. Diversity in Copy Number and Structure of a Silkworm Morphogenetic Gene as a Result of Domestication - Relationship to Bombyx mandarina and naturally varying cocoon colors.
  8. Key Components - Sericulture, silk testing and attribution of established cocoon testing practices.

Open questions

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Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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