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
Mark Mori Mark Mori Mark Mori is an American documentary filmmaker, television producer and screenwriter of documentary and reality television series and specials. He produced and directed, "Bettie Page Reveals All", the authorized documentary film on life of pin-up model, Bettie Page, released in 2012. Previously, Mori produced and directed "Building Bombs", Academy Award nominee for Best Feature Documentary for 1990 (DVD release by Docurama/New Video in 2005), Executive Produced, "", documentary short Academy Award nominee for 1993; received an Emmy Award for the television documentary special, "Kent State, the Day the War Came" Home for 2000; co-produced "The Fire This Time",