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Sources: Part 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filehylogenetic_chart_of_Lepidoptera.svg http://search.proquest.com/docview/1022571906 http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/sericulture/seri_silkworm%20types.html http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/248 http://www.pnas.org/content/100/24/14121.full   Part 2: Lihui Yang, Handbook of Chinese Mythology   Part 3: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15355234 http://www.kraiglabs.com/spider-silk/   Part 4: http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/philolog/2011/08/byzantine_silk_smuggling_and_e.html http://www.east-site.com/silk-road http://www.kraiglabs.com/spider-silk/   Part 5: http://www.kraiglabs.com/spider-silk/ http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524835.000-spider-silk-could-be-used-for-surgical-stitching.html http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/spider-silk-turned-into-electrical-wire-for-medical-devices-00005791.asp?sessionid=1 http://news.discovery.com/tech/nanotechnology/stretchy-spider-silk-wires-flex-muscles-130910.htm  

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Part 5: Applications of Spider-Silkworms

If it does become viable to mass produce spider-silk using genetically engineered silkworms the implications in the world of materials are staggering.  Spider-silk has a plethora of properties that have a wide range of applications.  Silkworms will, as a domesticated … Continue reading

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