Natural history collections are invaluable repositories of biological information that provide
an unrivaled record of Earth's biodiversity. Museum genomics—genomics research using …

Museums and other natural history collections (NHC) worldwide house millions of
specimens. With the advent of molecular genetic approaches these collections have …

Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

We present a protocol to prepare extracted DNA for sequencing on the Illumina sequencing
platform that has been optimized for ancient and degraded DNA. Our approach, the Santa …

One of the most brilliant scientists of our age gives us his definitive work: a synthesis of his
comprehensive vision of life. THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a pilgrimage back through time; a …

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
exploded the myth of 'the rain forest'as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical …

The study of ancient DNA has the potential to make significant and unique contributions to
ecology and evolution. However, the techniques used contain inherent problems …

DNA barcoding has become a well‐funded, global enterprise since its proposition as a
technique for species identification, delimitation and discovery in 2003. However, the rapid …

In recent years, avian systematics has been characterized by a diminished reliance on
morphological cladistics of modern taxa, intensive palaeornithogical research stimulated by …

Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds presents an up-to-date classification of
Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of …