The silkworm, bombyx mori: A promising model organism to study the longevity - A review

The silkworm Bombyx mori being a typical representative of lepidopteron insects is of great economic importance in terms of longevity having short generation time, wherein physiological, genetical, molecular and biological aspects are playing an important role. But, the mechanism of longevity has been gradually unraveled due to not realizing indepth in basic theoretical and practical fundamentals for the several above said aspects of insects in particularly silkworm Bombyx mori.