The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

Although species are central units for biological research, recent findings in genomics are
raising awareness that what we call species can be ill-founded entities due to solely …

The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is the most widespread xenarthran
species across the Americas. Recent studies have suggested it is composed of 4 …

Although genetic diversity has been recognized as a key component of biodiversity since the
first Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1993, it has rarely been included in …

Contamination of genomes is an increasingly recognized problem affecting several
downstream applications, from comparative evolutionary genomics to metagenomics. Here …

Biological specimens in natural history collections constitute a massive repository of genetic
information. Many specimens have been collected in areas in which they no longer exist or …

Compassionate collection involves minimizing harm while collecting museum data in the
field. By adopting this practice, natural history museums could better maintain existing …

Many disease ecologists and conservation biologists believe that the world is wormier than it
used to be—that is, that parasites are increasing in abundance through time. This argument …

Diatoms are abundant unicellular microalgae, responsible for≈ 20% of global
photosynthetic CO2 fixation. Nevertheless, we know little about fundamental aspects of their …

Museum specimens represent an unparalleled record of historical genomic data. However,
the widespread practice of formalin preservation has thus far impeded genomic analysis of a …