Keep original plants from seeds for mums or is it ok to keep the offspring as mums?

[Andy]

I’m starting a pheno hunt with a couple of strains. Is it better to keep the original plants that grew from seed as mums or can I use clones taken from those plants as mums? It would be quicker overall to do the latter, but I want to preserve the genetic qualities of the strain as best as possible.

 

[BigCube]

Shouldn't matter. Genetically they are the same.