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Museum Genomics

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Daren C. Card
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Beth Shapiro
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Gonzalo Giribet
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Craig Moritz
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Scott V. Edwards *
DOI:10.1146/annurev-genet-071719-020506delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Natural history collections are invaluable repositories of biological information that provide an unrivaled record of Earth's biodiversity. Museum genomics-genomics research using traditional museum and cryogenic collections and the infrastructure supporting these investigations-has particularly enhanced research in ecology and evolutionary biology, the study of extinct organisms, and the impact of anthropogenic activity on biodiversity. However, leveraging genomics in biological collections has exposed challenges, such as digitizing, integrating, and sharing collections data; updating practices to ensure broadly optimal data extraction from existing and new collections; and modernizing collections practices, infrastructure, and policies to ensure fair, sustainable, and genomically manifold uses of museum collections by increasingly diverse stakeholders. Museum genomics collections are poised to address these challenges and, with increasingly sensitive genomics approaches, will catalyze a future era of reproducibility, innovation, and insight made possible through integrating museum and genome sciences.
Keywords:
Anthropocene
ancient DNA
cryogenic collections
museomics
museum curation
natural history collections

Journal

Annual Review of Genetics cover
Annual Review of Genetics
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8.6
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912
Citations:
7.7K

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Harvard University
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University of California System
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