Digging in a 120 years-old lunch: What can we learn from collection specimens of extinct species?

Studying collection specimens is often the only way to unravel information about recent extinctions. These can reveal knowledge on threats and life traits related to extinction, and contribute, by extrapolation, to the conservation of extant species. However, high-throughput sequencing methods have...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Catarina J Pinho, Vicente Roca, Ana Perera, Amanda Sousa, Michèle Bruni, Aurélien Miralles, Raquel Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270032