I breed and grow my own silkworms. I have now bred several generations from the same original batch of eggs that I purchased. So far the silkworms seem to be healthy as all silkworms are, and I have not had any unusual die-offs. I am wondering if eventually, since I am really breeding siblings, I will eventually run into issues. Is the silkworm gene pool diverse enough to warrant for me to buy eggs from somewhere else and grow them and breed them with my current silks, or have they been domesticated for so long, that they are all essential related and have the same genes? In other words, there would be no benefit for me to seek out silkworm eggs from elsewhere.
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