“…Previous studies on A. pernyi have primarily focused on cloning and functional analysis of certain structural or stress‐related protein‐coding genes (Liu et al., 2014; Liu, Liu, et al., 2018; Liu, Xin, et al., 2018; Liu, Xin, et al., 2018; Liu, You, et al., 2014; Sezutsu & Yukuhiro, 2000; Yukuhiro, Kanda, & Tamura, 1997; Zhang et al., 2015), along with investigating its role in nucleopolyhedrovirus infection (Liu, Wang, et al., 2019; Qian et al., 2013; Sun et al., 2017; Wang, Na, Duan, et al., 2019; Wang, Na, & Qin, 2019; Zhang, Zhu, Dai, L. Liu, & Luo, 2016), and the nature of the silk fibre (Silva, Kundu, Lu, Reis, & Kundu, 2019; Suzuki, Chirila, & Edwards, 2016; Zhang, Yang, Shao, & Hu, 2010). These studies identified a few key genes, along with providing some insights into the characteristics of viral infection and the properties of natural silk.…”