Using a novel technique of pheromone transfer, Botting had cross-bred an " Antheraea mylitta " female with a " Telea polyphemus " male, with viable offspring.
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In 1959, at the Indian Statistical Institute she turned her attention to the genetics of the giant silkworm " Antheraea mylitta ", raising them in captivity to test the quality of their silk.
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However, Botting later praised Spurway for her experiments with " Antheraea mylitta " and " Antheraea assamensis " ( which she had tried to hybridize ) and credited the Haldanes with encouraging him to accept the precepts of Darwinian evolution.
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