Sagnon, C. Costantini and F. Collins, who generously shared specimens from their collections.
That stated, it is important to share novel specimens with the CDC for the purpose of public health.
All the focus group participants agreed to share their specimen with other researchers, provided that there are guarantees in place to prevent unethical research being conducted on their specimens, those running the biobank are ethical, trustworthy and competent.
Alleles D1, D2, and D3 were shared between specimens with D. galeata mtDNA and those with D. dentifera mtDNA.
A significant minority was worried that sharing their specimens with researchers outside Nigeria could lead to conduct of research that will further stigmatize Nigerians internationally and worsen discrimination against Nigerians.
The most common COI+cytB haplotype was shared by specimens from Spain, Turkey, Kenya, Namibia, Madagascar, Laos, and Vietnam, spanning a distance of over 9,000 km or 100 longitudinal degrees on three continents (Figs. 1, 2A, Table 1).
Similar to that of the work of the recently launched Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance, many initiatives all over the world are being created where scientists and researchers have articulated a need for greater collaboration in digitally capturing and sharing scientific specimens (http://www.niballiance.org/).org/
For Loechner and McLauglin (now married) romance began not over a shared dessert at dinner, but over a shared research specimen, a slug.
Mascalzoni D, Dove ES, Rubinstein Y, et al. International Charter of principles for sharing bio-specimens and data.
Some of IRDiRC's principles have been further developed into more detailed guidance documents, such as the "International Charter of principles for sharing bio-specimens and data", that has been adopted for rare disease research and beyond.
