Genetic analyses of herbarium material: Is more care required?

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TAXONVolume 63, Issue 5 p. 972-973 Point of ViewsFree Access Genetic analyses of herbarium material: Is more care required? Lara Shepherd, Corresponding Author Lara Shepherd lara.shepherd@tepapa.govt.nz Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New ZealandSearch for more papers by this authorLeon Perrie, Leon Perrie Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New ZealandSearch for more papers by this author Lara Shepherd, Corresponding Author Lara Shepherd lara.shepherd@tepapa.govt.nz Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New ZealandSearch for more papers by this authorLeon Perrie, Leon Perrie Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New ZealandSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 October 2014 https://doi.org/10.12705/635.2Citations: 11AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Literature Cited Ames, M. & Spooner, D.M. 2008. DNA from herbarium specimens settles a controversy about origins of the European potato. Amer.J. Bot. 95: 252– 257. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.95.2.252 Andreasen, K., Manktelow, M., Sehic, J. & Garkava-Gustavsson, L. 2014. Genetic identity of putative Linnaean plants: Successful DNA amplification of Linnaeus's crab apple Malus baccata. Taxon 63: 408– 416. http://dx.doi.org/10.12705/632.14 Binladen, J., Gilbert, M.T.P. & Willerslev, E. 2006. 800 000 year old mammoth DNA, modern elephant DNA or PCR artefact? Biol. Lett. 3: 55– 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0537 Cooper, A. & Poiner, H. 2000. Ancient DNA: Do it right or not at all. Science 289: 1139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.289.5482.1139b Gilbert, M.T.P., Bandelt, H.J., Hofreitner, M. & Barnes I. 2005. Assessing ancient DNA studies. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20: 541– 544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.07.005 Kim, S., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. & Suh, Y. 2004. DNA sequences from Miocene fossils: An ndhF sequence of Magnolia latahensis (Magnoliaceae) and rbcL sequence of Persea pseudocarolinensis (Lauraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 91: 615– 620. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.9L4.615 Knapp, M., Clarke, A.C.C., Horsburgh, K.A. & Matisoo-Smith E.A. 2012. Setting the stage—Building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory. Ann. Anat. 194: 3– 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2011.03.008 Lehtonen, S. & Christenhusz, M.J.M. 2010. Historical herbarium specimens in the plant molecular systematics—An example from the fern genus Lindsaea (Lindsaeaceae). Biologia 65: 204– 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11756-010-0008-8 Palmer, S.A., Smith, O. & Allaby, R.G. 2012. The blossoming of plant archaeogenetics. Ann. Anat. 194: 146– 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2011.03.012 Rosselló, J.A. 2014. The never-ending story of geologically ancient DNA: Was the model plant Arabidopsis the source of Miocene Dominican amber? Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 111: 234– 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12192 Roullier, C., Benoit, L., McKey, D.B. & Lebot, V. 2013. Historical collections reveal patterns of diffusion of sweet potato in Oceania obscured by modern plant movements and recombination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110: 2205– 2210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1211049110 Saltonstall, K. 2002. Cryptic invasion by a non-native genotype of the common reed, Phragmites australis, into North America. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99: 2445– 2449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.032477999 Särkinen, T., Staats, M., Richardson, J.E., Cowan, R.S. & Bakker, F.T. 2012. How to open the treasure chest? Optimising DNA extraction from the herbarium specimens. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043808 Sebastian, P., Schaefer, H. & Renner, S.S. 2010. Darwin's Galapagos gourd: Providing new insights 175 years after his visit. J. Biogeogr. 37: 975– 980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02270.x Shepherd, L.D. & Perrie, L.R. 2012. Protect the DNA of museum specimens. Nature 484: 455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/484455b Staats, M., Cuenca, A., Richardson, J.E., Vrielink-van Ginkel, R., Peterson, G., Seberg, O. & Bakker, F.T. 2011. DNA damage in plant herbarium tissue. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028448 Citing Literature Volume63, Issue5October 2014Pages 972-973 ReferencesRelatedInformation