[HTML][HTML] Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics

CJ Raxworthy, BT Smith - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

[HTML][HTML] The value of reference genomes in the conservation of threatened species

P Brandies, E Peel, CJ Hogg, K Belov - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Conservation initiatives are now more crucial than ever—over a million plant and animal
species are at risk of extinction over the coming decades. The genetic management of …

[HTML][HTML] Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic …

EF de Abreu-Jr, SE Pavan, MTN Tsuchiya… - BMC evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Tree squirrels (Sciuridae, Sciurini), in particular the highly diverse
Neotropical lineages, are amongst the most rapidly diversifying branches of the mammal …

Assessing changes in genomic divergence following a century of human‐mediated secondary contact among wild and captive‐bred ducks

P Lavretsky, NR McInerney, JE Mohl… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Along with manipulating habitat, the direct release of domesticated individuals into the wild
is a practice used worldwide to augment wildlife populations. We test between possible …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation of DNA extraction methods on historical and roadkill mammalian specimen

N Molbert, HR Ghanavi, T Johansson, M Mostadius… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Guidelines identifying appropriate DNA extraction methods for both museum and modern
biological samples are scarce or non-existent for mammalian species. Yet, obtaining large …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of post-bottleneck recovery in the northern elephant seal

AR Hoelzel, GA Gkafas, H Kang, F Sarigol… - Nature ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Populations and species are threatened by human pressure, but their fate is variable. Some
depleted populations, such as that of the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence capture from historical museum specimens: maximizing value for population and phylogenomic studies

E Roycroft, C Moritz, KC Rowe, A Moussalli… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The application of high-throughput, short-read sequencing to degraded DNA has greatly
increased the feasibility of generating genomic data from historical museum specimens …

Museum specimens provide reliable SNP data for population genomic analysis of a widely distributed but threatened cockatoo species

KM Ewart, RN Johnson, R Ogden… - Molecular Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history museums harbour a plethora of biological specimens which are of potential
use in population and conservation genetic studies. Although technical advancements in …

Natural history collections as a resource for conservation genomics: Understanding the past to preserve the future

PM Benham, RCK Bowie - Journal of Heredity, 2023 - academic.oup.com
To avoid the worst outcomes of the current biodiversity crisis we need a deep understanding
of population responses to human-induced ecological change. Rapidly expanding access to …

Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere: a survey and directory of collections

JL Dunnum, BS McLean, RC Dowler - Journal of Mammalogy, 2018 - academic.oup.com
As a periodic assessment of the mammal collection resource, the Systematic Collections
Committee (SCC) of the American Society of Mammalogists undertakes decadal surveys of …