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Is this of any practical concern with our worm populations? After all, our worms are sexual beings. I know inbreeding is considered a significant problem in a great number of species. What about our worms?
What with not periodically adding "new blood" to the gene pool of a worm bin -- that can go on in isolation for many generations! Is there any risk of eventually engendering a less robust population in our worm ecosystems?
Like.. Maybe we should at least move a few worms from one bin to another from time to time. Or, purchase worms from a different supplier each time.
I suspect we each can have guesses about this. Does anyone know of what any significant research has had to say about it?
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