Sentences with phrase «in herbaria»
The colonization history of the Pyrenean rocket is well documented, explains postdoctoral researcher and corresponding author Katrien Vandepitte (Plant Conservation and Population Biology Research Group): «We found dried specimens of the Pyrenean rocket in herbaria from the 19th and 20th centuries and were able to isolate DNA from these samples.
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In addition to the benefit to educational opportunities, investments in herbaria result in increased potential for further retrospective studies.
In their studies on phylogenetics and biogeography, Besnard and his colleagues have also sequenced DNA from preserved plants in herbaria.
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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.
«A nonet of new plant species from Africa emphasizes the importance of herbaria in botany.»
«It's especially important for smaller herbaria to be able to search and access collections from larger institutions in order to broaden their studies.»
Decreases in nitrogen concentration have also been reported for herbaria plant specimens in response to the increases in Ca during the twentieth century [50].
Using samples of centuries - old herbaria and DNA analysis, the researchers reconstructed the genetic adaptations undergone by the Pyrenean rocket prior to its rapid spread in Belgium.