Sequence capture phylogenomics of historical ethanol‐preserved museum specimens: Unlocking the rest of the vault

S Derkarabetian, LR Benavides… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections play a crucial role in biodiversity research, and museum
specimens are increasingly being incorporated into modern genetics‐based studies …

Sequence capture and phylogenetic utility of genomic ultraconserved elements obtained from pinned insect specimens

BB Blaimer, MW Lloyd, WX Guillory, SG Brady - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Obtaining sequence data from historical museum specimens has been a growing research
interest, invigorated by next-generation sequencing methods that allow inputs of highly …

Bridging the micro‐and macroevolutionary levels in phylogenomics: Hyb‐Seq solves relationships from populations to species and above

T Villaverde, L Pokorny, S Olsson… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstructing phylogenetic relationships at the micro‐and macroevoutionary levels within
the same tree is problematic because of the need to use different data types and analytical …

Herbarium genomics: plastome sequence assembly from a range of herbarium specimens using an Iterative Organelle Genome Assembly pipeline

FT Bakker, D Lei, J Yu, S Mohammadin… - Biological Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Herbarium genomics is proving promising as next-generation sequencing approaches are
well suited to deal with the usually fragmented nature of archival DNA. We show that routine …

The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education

FT Bakker, A Antonelli, JA Clarke, JA Cook… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Natural history museums are unique spaces for interdisciplinary research and educational
innovation. Through extensive exhibits and public programming and by hosting rich …

Reversing extinction trends: new uses of (old) herbarium specimens to accelerate conservation action on threatened species

G Albani Rocchetti, CG Armstrong, T Abeli… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although often not collected specifically for the purposes of conservation, herbarium
specimens offer sufficient information to reconstruct parameters that are needed to …

Strategies for complete plastid genome sequencing

AD Twyford, RW Ness - Molecular ecology resources, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Plastid sequencing is an essential tool in the study of plant evolution. This high‐copy
organelle is one of the most technically accessible regions of the genome, and its sequence …

Retrieval of hundreds of nuclear loci from herbarium specimens

ML Hart, LL Forrest, JA Nicholls, CA Kidner - Taxon, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Herbaria are unparalleled collections of biodiversity information representing the world's
flora. However, this treasure has remained largely inaccessible to genetic studies, frequently …

Using insect natural history collections to study global change impacts: challenges and opportunities

HM Kharouba, JMM Lewthwaite… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over the past two decades, natural history collections (NHCs) have played an increasingly
prominent role in global change research, but they have still greater potential, especially for …

The treasure vault can be opened: Large-scale genome skimming works well using herbarium and silica gel dried material

IG Alsos, S Lavergne, MKF Merkel, M Boleda… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Genome skimming has the potential for generating large data sets for DNA barcoding and
wider biodiversity genomic studies, particularly via the assembly and annotation of full …