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Scientists link biodiversity genomics with museum wisdom through new public database

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Science Daily

Publication Date
2017-08-04

A new publicly available database will catalog metadata associated with biologic samples, making it easier for researchers to share and reuse genetic data for environmental and ecological analyses. It links publicly available genetic data to records of where and when samples were collected. Such information is critical for comparing biodiversity in different locations worldwide, across time. Despite calls for more data sharing within the research community, researchers have until now lacked the tools they needed.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803141109.htm