When accessing such a specimen, e.g. via online specimen catalogues, the link to existing character data sets becomes readily available.
New technology speeds efforts to display billions of natural history specimens online.
Other herbaria, most notably in the Netherlands and Sweden, have also put specimens online, but NYBG's is perhaps the most ambitious project yet--it's aiming for 75,000 specimens in the next few years.
The museum also has a "folklore section" exhibiting mythological penises; its online catalogue lists specimens taken from elves, trolls, kelpies, and "The Nasty Ghost of Snæfell".
Sequencing of the K13 propeller gene was attempted on the diagnostic PCR-positive specimens (online Technical Appendix).
Acquire's public researcher interface facilitates specimen discoverability by public scientists and provides a streamlined method of applying for those specimens online.
A novel CoV was detected in insectivorous Nycteris cf. gambiensis specimens (online Technical Appendix Figure, wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/pdfs/12-1503-Techapp.pdf; GenBaccessionsionosos. JX899382 JX899384).
For example, natural history collections are increasingly obtaining funding for digitizing voucher label information, and in many cases, providing digital images of the specimens online.
The full list of the analyzed cox1 sequences is reported in supplementary table S2, Supplementary Material online, together with specimen source and sequence identity.
To provide the specimen online, you will need to attach a digital photograph of the mark being used.
Amateurs and hobbyists can fill the gap, though, thanks to digital advances that enable any enthusiast to submit data and images of new specimens to online databases.
