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Natural history collections as windows on evolutionary processes.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2016
Holmes Michael W, Hammond Talisin T, Wogan Guinevere O U, Walsh Rachel E, LaBarbera Katie, Wommack Elizabeth A, Martins Felipe M, Crawford Jeremy C, Mack Katya L, Bloch Luke M, Nachman Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Natural history collections provide an immense record of biodiversity on Earth. These repositories have traditionally been used to address fundamental questions in biogeography, systematics and conservation. However, they also hold the potential for studying evolution directly. While some of the best direct observations of evolution have come from long-term field studies or from experimental studies in the...
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