Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

Nonrandom collecting practices may bias conclusions drawn from analyses of herbarium
records. Recent efforts to fully digitize and mobilize regional floras online offer a timely …

The world's herbaria collectively house millions of diverse plant specimens, including
endangered or extinct species and type specimens. Unlocking genetic data from the …

The past decade has seen a major breakthrough in our ability to easily and inexpensively
sequence genome‐scale data from diverse lineages. The development of high‐throughput …

New DNA sequencing technologies are allowing researchers to explore the genomes of the
millions of natural history specimens collected prior to the molecular era. Yet, we know little …

Many species have undergone dramatic population size declines over the past centuries.
Although stochastic genetic processes during and after such declines are thought to elevate …

Background The world's herbaria contain millions of specimens, collected and named by
thousands of researchers, over hundreds of years. However, this treasure has remained …

High-throughput sequencing technologies have revolutionised the ease with which genomic
data can be obtained for any plant species, from trees to bryophytes, regardless of …

Natural history collections have long been used by morphologists, anatomists, and
taxonomists to probe the evolutionary process and describe biological diversity. These …