Museums: The endangered dead

Kemp, Christopher J.

doi:10.1038/518292a

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“…Yet, there is a dwindling number of taxonomists and morphologists able to gather and analyse phenotypic data [54,55]. The need for such expertise is pressing, because most published morphological datasets are ill-suited for modern analyses and integration with genomic data for several reasons: older morphological analyses have typically scored phenotypic traits at the level of higher taxa (e.g.…”

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Morphological Phylogenetics in the Genomic Age

2015

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Evolutionary trees underpin virtually all of biology, and the wealth of new genomic data has enabled us to reconstruct them with increasing detail and confidence. While phenotypic (typically morphological) traits are becoming less important in reconstructing evolutionary trees, they still serve vital and unique roles in phylogenetics, even for living taxa for which vast amounts of genetic information are available. Morphology remains a powerful independent source of evidence for testing molecular clades, and - through fossil phenotypes - the primary means for time-scaling phylogenies. Morphological phylogenetics is therefore vital for transforming undated molecular topologies into dated evolutionary trees. However, if morphology is to be employed to its full potential, biologists need to start scrutinising phenotypes in a more objective fashion, models of phenotypic evolution need to be improved, and approaches for analysing phenotypic traits and fossils together with genomic data need to be refined.

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Morphological Phylogenetics in the Genomic Age

2015

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“…Natural history museums are important resources for natural history education due to their collection, research and education activities (Kemp, 2015;Suarez & Tsutsui, 2004;Sunderland et al, 2012). Firstly, museum exhibitions as the interface between the museum's visitors and its collections-based activities reflect the ongoing practices and discourses of natural history (Marandino et al, 2015).…”

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The Case for Natural History

King

Achiam

2017

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“…This number exceeds the estimated number of all animals preserved in collections worldwide, assembled since the 18 th century, by 5 million times (Kemp 2015). Obviously, populations of insects, as of many other animals, are not permanently impacted by their numerous predators (or parasitoids, or diseases), and the sampling of specimens by researchers and collectors is frankly negligible compared to natural events (though some populations of spectacular insects became fragilized by the egocentrism of a few collectors).…”

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<strong>Assessing biodiversity: a pain in the neck</strong>

Löbl

2017

Bionomina

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Though taxonomic studies provide basic information about the diversity of life, they are often impeded by unfounded beliefs, anthropomorphic feelings, inadequate information of decision holders, and threatened by the activities of some zoologists and conservationists. Two such threats are discussed. One is latent, derived from the provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The second is actual/effective, caused by technocratic restrictions limiting field work. The present trends lack a rational foundation, are counterproductive and risk producing negative impacts on efforts to extend conservation of natural sites.

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Museums: The endangered dead

Cited by 94 publications

References 4 publications

Morphological Phylogenetics in the Genomic Age

Morphological Phylogenetics in the Genomic Age

The Case for Natural History

<strong>Assessing biodiversity: a pain in the neck</strong>

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