Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 55365, Republic of Korea.
Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Sci Data. 2022 Apr 26;9(1):189. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01289-3.
Bombyx mori is a key insect in the sericulture industry and one of the very important economic animals that are responsible for not only the livelihood of many farmers internationally but also expended biomedical use. The National Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Rural Development Administration of Korea (NIAS, RDA, Korea) has been collecting silkworm resources with various phenotypic traits from the 1960s and established breeding lines for using them as genetic resources. And these breeding line strains have been used to develop suitable F1 hybrid strains for specific use. In this study, we report the whole-genome sequences of 37 breeding line B. mori strains established over the past 60 years, along with the description of their phenotypic characteristics with photos of developmental stages. In addition, we report the example phenotypic characteristics of the F1-hybrid strain using these breeding line strains. We hope this data will be used as valuable resources to the related research community for studying B. mori and similar other insects.
家蚕是丝绸工业的重要昆虫，也是重要的经济动物之一，不仅为国际上许多农民提供了生计，而且在扩大的生物医学用途方面也具有重要作用。韩国农村发展管理局（RDA）国家农业科学研究院（NIAS）自 20 世纪 60 年代以来一直在收集具有各种表型特征的家蚕资源，并建立了用于遗传资源的育种系。这些育种系已经被用于开发适合特定用途的合适的 F1 杂交系。在这项研究中，我们报告了过去 60 年中建立的 37 个家蚕育种系的全基因组序列，并附有发育阶段的照片，描述了它们的表型特征。此外，我们还报告了使用这些育种系的 F1 杂交系的典型表型特征。我们希望这些数据将成为相关研究界研究家蚕和其他类似昆虫的宝贵资源。
