Bombyx mori with the opportunity to witness the life cycle of silkworms. The practice of raising silkworms by children as pets has, in non-silk farming South Africa, led to the development of extremely hardy landraces of silkworms, because they are invariably subjected to hardships not encountered by commercially farmed members of the species. However, these worms, not being selectively bred as such, are possibly inferior in silk production and may exhibit other undesirable traits. The full genome of the silkworm was published in 2008 by the International Silkworm Genome Consortium. Draft sequences were published in 2004. The genome of the silkworm is
Maru Maru Mori Mori! the record of the longest streak on the Oricon charts. The previous record set by the 2007 song "Gake no Ue no Ponyo", the theme song of the Studio Ghibli film "Ponyo", which remained on the charts for 11 consecutive weeks in 2008. "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" featured the then 8-year old actress Nozomi Ōhashi. The song "Maru Maru Mori Mori" received the Special Award at the 53rd Japan Record Awards. Maru Maru Mori Mori! On 4 April 2011, it was announced that the theme song of the Fuji Television television drama "Marumo no Okite" will be sung by