Despite being nearly 10 months into the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic,
the definitive animal host for SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Obtaining sequence data from historical museum specimens has been a growing research
interest, invigorated by next-generation sequencing methods that allow inputs of highly …

The alarming pace of species extinction severely threatens terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems, undermining the crucial ecological services vital for environmental …

Global amphibian declines associated with anthropogenic causes, climate change, and
amphibianspecific infectious diseases (eg, chytridiomycosis) have highlighted the …

Researchers associated with natural history museums have made the collection of genetic
resources a priority due to their importance in molecular studies, but often the long-term …

Biobanks are curated collections of biological samples that are preserved at the molecular
level, usually frozen, along with associated data, and managed to high scientific standards …

Collections of frozen tissue samples stand as keystone sources of molecular information to
construct biodiversity knowledge, and are particularly challenged if they focus on …

Premise of the study: Internationally, gardens hold diverse living collections that can be
preserved for genomic research. Workflows have been developed for genomic tissue …

This text is an English translation of those several sections of the original paper in Russian,
where collection-related issues are considered. The full citation of the original paper is as …

В статье исследуются теоретические вопросы общей проблемы соответствия между
биоколлекциями и биоразнообразием (БР). Кратко рассмотрены научные предпосылки …