Genome
The full genome of the silkworm was published in 2008 by the International Silkworm Genome Consortium.
The genome of the silkworm is mid-range with a genome size of ~432 Mb. It was published in 2008 by the International Silkworm Genome Consortium. A draft sequence was published in 2004.
High genetic variability has been found in domestic lines of silkworms, though this is less than that among wild silkmoths (~83%). This suggests a single event of domestication, and that it happened over a short period of time, with a large number of wild worms having been collected for domestication. Major questions, however, remain unanswered: “Whether this event was in a single location or in a short period of time in several locations cannot be deciphered from the data”. Research also has yet to identify the area in China where domestication arose.
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