TY - JOUR
T1 - Collections-based research in the genomic era
AU - Buerki, Sven
AU - Baker, William J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Linnean Society of London.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Biological collections are at the front line of biodiversity research, informing taxonomy, evolution, conservation and sustainable livelihoods. In April 2014, we organised a meeting at the Linnean Society (UK) discussing the impact of next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods on collections-based research. Here, we explore the main themes of this meeting and outline the incredible potential of NGS to reinvent collections-based research. Among the many opportunities at the interface of genomics and collections, we focus specifically on (1) the genomic characterisation of biological collections, (2) the enhancement and development of DNA-based identification, (3) the tree of life and (4) interdisciplinary research addressing the most pressing environmental challenges of our times. Across the world, biological collections are at risk, primarily due to declining funding and shifts in scientific fashions. We encourage all users of collections to embrace the genomic era, not only because of the unparalleled scientific potential that it presents, but also because new cross-disciplinary synergies will reinvigorate and secure the collections for future generations.
AB - Biological collections are at the front line of biodiversity research, informing taxonomy, evolution, conservation and sustainable livelihoods. In April 2014, we organised a meeting at the Linnean Society (UK) discussing the impact of next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods on collections-based research. Here, we explore the main themes of this meeting and outline the incredible potential of NGS to reinvent collections-based research. Among the many opportunities at the interface of genomics and collections, we focus specifically on (1) the genomic characterisation of biological collections, (2) the enhancement and development of DNA-based identification, (3) the tree of life and (4) interdisciplinary research addressing the most pressing environmental challenges of our times. Across the world, biological collections are at risk, primarily due to declining funding and shifts in scientific fashions. We encourage all users of collections to embrace the genomic era, not only because of the unparalleled scientific potential that it presents, but also because new cross-disciplinary synergies will reinvigorate and secure the collections for future generations.
KW - Museomics
KW - Next-generation sequencing
KW - Phylogenomics
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Taxonomy
KW - Tree of life
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84955393830&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/bij.12721
DO - 10.1111/bij.12721
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:84955393830
SN - 0024-4066
VL - 117
SP - 5
EP - 10
JO - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
JF - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
IS - 1
ER -