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Sequencing genomes from museum collections could transform scientific inquiry
Natural history collections around the world collectively hold more than 1 billion specimens, spanning a wide variety of times and places.
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Natural history collections around the world collectively hold more than 1 billion specimens, spanning a wide variety of times and places. These include species that are extinct or come from areas now transformed beyond recognition, providing data that cannot be found anywhere else.
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