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Genomic treasure troves: complete genome sequencing of herbarium and insect museum specimens.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Staats Martijn, Erkens Roy H J, van de Vossenberg Bart, Wieringa Jan J, Kraaijeveld Ken, Stielow Benjamin, Geml József, Richardson James E, Bakker Freek T
Abstract excerpt
Unlocking the vast genomic diversity stored in natural history collections would create unprecedented opportunities for genome-scale evolutionary, phylogenetic, domestication and population genomic studies. Many researchers have been discouraged from using historical specimens in molecular studies because of both generally limited success of DNA extraction and the challenges associated with PCR-amplifying highly...
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