A small variation could have gone undetected, and if small enough, it probably couldn’t be detected until the fibers were tested either by Warwick or the Army and then everybody including KBLB is like why isn’t this the same across the board.... and then they figured out the cause was genetic drift. So the variations in the fibers are probably how it was first detected. They can hatch more eggs yes, but they will still have to do selective breeding to get the colonies back to square one and beyond. I’d be curious to know at what stage they can do the selecting and if it is based on testing the egg, the worm, the cocoon/fiber, or the moth. At least this requires Kim to make improvements that will benefit the lab and company long-term.