Species identification of silks by protein mass spectrometry reveals evidence of wild silk use in antiquity

Abstract Silk has been a luxurious commodity throughout modern human history and sericulture has played an important role in ancient global trade as well as technological and cultural developments. Archaeological findings suggest that prior to domestication of the mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori) sil...

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Main Authors: Boyoung Lee, Elisabete Pires, A. Mark Pollard, James S. O. McCullagh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08167-3