DNA barcodes from century-old type specimens using next-generation sequencing

One species in eight: DNA barcodes from type specimens resolve a taxonomic quagmire

(2015) Marko Mutanen et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of M. australis (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data

(2015) MARIANA Y. DELI ANTONI et al.   ZOOTAXA

Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, a new species of sweetlips (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from northern Australia and the resurrection of P. unicolor (Macleay, 1883), species previously confused with P. schotaf (Forsskål, 1775)

(2015) JEFFREY W. JOHNSON et al.   ZOOTAXA

Massively parallel multiplex DNA sequencing for specimen identification using an Illumina MiSeq platform

(2015) Shadi Shokralla et al.   Scientific Reports

The largest type study of Agaricales species to date: bringing identification and nomenclature of Phlegmacium (Cortinarius) into the DNA era

(2014) K. Liimatainen et al.   PERSOONIA

Sequencing Degraded DNA from Non-Destructively Sampled Museum Specimens for RAD-Tagging and Low-Coverage Shotgun Phylogenetics

(2014) Mandy Man-Ying Tin et al.   PLoS One

Minimally destructive sampling of type specimens of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) recovers complete plastid and mitochondrial genomes

(2014) Jeffery R. Hughey et al.   Scientific Reports

Recovery of DNA barcodes from blackfly museum specimens (Diptera: Simuliidae) using primer sets that target a variety of sequence lengths

(2013) L. M. Hernández-Triana et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A DNA ‘Barcode Blitz’: Rapid Digitization and Sequencing of a Natural History Collection

(2013) Paul D. N. Hebert et al.   PLoS One

Ancient DNA Damage

(2013) J. Dabney et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Morphology and Molecules Reveal Unexpected Cryptic Diversity in the Enigmatic Genus Sinobirma Bryk, 1944 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

(2012) Rodolphe Rougerie et al.   PLoS One

Cryptic Diversity in the Ubiquist Species Parisotoma notabilis (Collembola, Isotomidae): A Long-Used Chimeric Species?

(2012) David Porco et al.   PLoS One

DNA Barcode Sequencing from Old Type Specimens as a Tool in Taxonomy: A Case Study in the Diverse Genus Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

(2012) Patrick Strutzenberger et al.   PLoS One

The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

(2012) M. E. Allentoft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Barcoded Primers Used in Multiplex Amplicon Pyrosequencing Bias Amplification

(2011) David Berry et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tracking origins of invasive herbivores through herbaria and archival DNA: the case of the horse-chestnut leaf miner

(2011) David C Lees et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Primers for identification of type and other archived specimens of Aphrodes leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)

(2011) JOANNA K. BLUEMEL et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Museum genomics: low-cost and high-accuracy genetic data from historical specimens

(2011) KEVIN C. ROWE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Pyrosequencing for Mini-Barcoding of Fresh and Old Museum Specimens

(2011) Shadi Shokralla et al.   PLoS One

Barcoding, types and theHirudofiles: Using information content to critically evaluate the identity of DNA barcodes

(2010) Sebastian Kvist et al.   Mitochondrial DNA

DNA mini-barcodes in taxonomic assignment: a morphologically unique new homoneurous moth clade from the Indian Himalayas described in Micropterix (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)

(2010) David C. Lees et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

DNA from a 100-year-old holotype confirms the validity of a potentially extinct hummingbird species

(2009) J. J. Kirchman et al.   Biology Letters

Recovering full DNA barcodes from natural history collections of Tephritid fruitflies (Tephritidae, Diptera) using mini barcodes

(2009) J. K. J. VAN HOUDT et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Non-Destructive Sampling of Ancient Insect DNA

(2009) Philip Francis Thomsen et al.   PLoS One

DNA damage in preserved specimens and tissue samples: a molecular assessment

(2008) Juergen Zimmermann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology