A key action of the new Global Biodiversity Framework is the maintenance of genetic
diversity in all species to safeguard their adaptive potential. To achieve this goal, a …

There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

Gene expression is regulated by changes in chromatin architecture intrinsic to cellular
differentiation and as an active response to environmental stimuli. Chromatin dynamics are …

Aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys are transforming how marine ecosystems are
monitored. The time‐consuming preprocessing step of active filtration, however, remains a …

Guidelines identifying appropriate DNA extraction methods for both museum and modern
biological samples are scarce or non-existent for mammalian species. Yet, obtaining large …

Museo-what? Museomics! Museomics is emerging as a distinct discipline from ancient DNA
research and involves natural history museums and herbaria across the world. Museomics …

Etmopteridae (lantern sharks) is the most species-rich family of sharks, comprising more
than 50 species. Many species are described from few individuals, and re-collection of …

A growing number of publications presenting results from sequencing natural history
collection specimens reflect the importance of DNA sequence information from such …

Marine sponges have recently emerged as efficient natural environmental DNA (eDNA)
samplers. The ability of sponges to accumulate eDNA provides an exciting opportunity to …

Snakes represent one of the most successful vertebrates groups with a global radiation of∼
4000 extant species (McDiarmid et al., 1999, Uetz et al., 2021). Recent advances in …