© 2005 Society of Systematic Biologists
An Application of Tissue and DNA Banking for Genomics and Conservation: The Ambrose Monell Cryo-Collection (AMCC)
Edited by Rod Page
American Museum of Natural History, New York New York, 10024, USA; E-mail: corthals@amnh.org (A.C.)
Received September 28, 2004; Revised November 25, 2004; Accepted December 12, 2004
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
 |
The Need for Tissue and DNA Banking in Systematic Biology |
|---|
With the advent of the so-called genomic revolution and improved techniques of DNA analysis, combined with a rapidly vanishing biodiversity, the systematic community has been facing a remarkable—and often neglected—challenge for the past 50 years: to preserve genetic resources issued from research. The preservation and long-term storage of biological specimens' derived materials (e.g., DNA extracts) and associated data are essential to ensure comparability and reproducibility in all areas of biological research. Natural history museums and herbaria around the world are now in a position to face the exciting and challenging task of preserving the genetic library of life for generations to come. However, the lack and/or poor condition of preservation of molecular vouchers generated from often fragile and rare specimens have been problems too often underestimated or unable to be addressed due to lack of funding or, more pointedly, lack of interest in preservation of these important research materials.
The
|
Overview of Frozen Tissue Collections in the Natural History World |
|---|
|
A BRAND NEW COLLECTION: TRYING TO ANSWER THE ISSUES OF FROZEN TISSUES |
|---|
Cryogenic versus Ultracold Freezers: How Cold Is Cold?
Centralized versus Noncentralized
The Instruments of the Passion: Tools of Collection Management
Cost of a Cryogenic Collection
|
Conclusions and Recommendations |
|---|
CiteULike 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us What's this?