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Museum genomics: low-cost and high-accuracy genetic data from historical specimens.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Nov 2011
Rowe Kevin C, Singhal Sonal, Macmanes Matthew D, Ayroles Julien F, Morelli Toni Lyn, Rubidge Emily M, Bi Ke, Moritz Craig C
Abstract excerpt
Natural history collections are unparalleled repositories of geographical and temporal variation in faunal conditions. Molecular studies offer an opportunity to uncover much of this variation; however, genetic studies of historical museum specimens typically rely on extracting highly degraded and chemically modified DNA samples from skins, skulls or other dried samples. Despite this limitation, obtaining short...
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