Asaawa

Silk yɛ abɔde mu protein nhama a wobetumi anwene ne ahorow bi ayɛ ntama . Protein nhama a ɛwɔ sirikyi mu no yɛ fibroin titiriw na nkoekoemmoa nwansena binom na wɔyɛ ma ɛyɛ nwansena .  Wonya sirikyi a wonim no yiye no fi mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori a wɔtetee no wɔ nnommumfa mu ( sericulture ) no nwansena mu. Sɛnea sirikyi yɛ hyew no fi sɛnea sirikyi nhama no te sɛ prism a ɛyɛ ahinanan, na ɛma sirikyi ntama tumi dannan hann a ɛba no wɔ afa horow, na ɛnam so ma kɔla ahorow ba.

Nkoekoemmoa pii na wɔyɛ sirikyi; nanso, mpɛn pii no, nwansena nwansena sirikyi nkutoo na wɔde ayɛ ntama. Wɔayɛ nhwehwɛmu bi wɔ sirikyi ahorow afoforo a ɛsono wɔ molecule mu no ho.  Nkoekoemmoa a wɔresakra wɔn ho koraa no nwansena titiriw na ɛyɛ sirikyi, nanso nkoekoemmoa binom te sɛ webspinners ne raspy crickets, yɛ silk wɔ wɔn nkwa nna nyinaa mu.  Silk a wɔyɛ nso ba wɔ hymenoptera ( ntɛtea, ntɛtea, ne nwansena ), dwetɛ mpataa, caddisflies, mayflies, thrips, leafhoppers, nwansena, lacewings, fleas, nwansena, ne midges mu . Arthropods ahorow afoforo yɛ sirikyi, nea ɛda nsow kɛse ne arachnids ahorow, te sɛ akɔre .