Trillium erectum herbarium specimen (IMAGE)

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Trillium erectum herbarium specimen

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Scientists can use DNA preserved in herbarium specimens, like this red trillium (<i>Trillium erectum</i>) collected almost 100 years ago in Tennessee, to unravel the genetic structure of populations long since vanished and determine which species are most in need of conservation.

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Photo courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Herbarium

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Please cite the article: Powell, C., A. Krakowiak, R. Fuller, E. Rylander, E. Gillespie, S. Krosnick, B. Ruhfel, et al. 2021. Estimating herbarium specimen digitization rates: Accounting for human experience. <i>Applications in Plant Sciences</i> 9(4): e11410. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11410 Articles and materials published in <i>Applications in Plant Sciences</i> are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY-NC).

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