It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
The Instituto de Biología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM) celebrates 95 years as a leading institution on biodiversity research. Besides developing frontier research, training of human resources, and public science communication, IBUNAM houses 10 National Zoological Collect...
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| author | Carolina Granados Mendoza Miguel Murguía-Romero Gerardo A. Salazar |
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The Instituto de Biología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM) celebrates 95 years as
a leading institution on biodiversity research. Besides developing frontier research, training of human resources, and public science communication, IBUNAM houses 10 National Zoological Collections and the National Herbarium of Mexico (MEXU). The specimens deposited in these collections are the foundation of numerous biological studies, from which ample genetic resources have been generated. Here we present an initial effort to link the specimens deposited at the National Biological Collections housed at IBUNAM to their public genetic resources, using MEXU’s Collection of Types of Vascular Plants as proof of concept. First, a list of the type specimens was retrieved from IBdata, the web system for consulting the records of the biological collections housed at IBUNAM. Then, the interface Entrez Programming Utilities of GenBank was used to search for the available genetic resources associated with the type specimens. New fields were incorporated into IBdata to facilitate access to the identified genetic resources. Future initiatives should promote access to the public metadata (e.g., molecular, morphological)
associated to specimens of the biological collections housed at IBUNAM.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d4ba0ad3ca434d0598df07edb51a728f2025-08-20T01:49:20ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad1870-34532007-87062024-10-019510.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5509It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of MexicoCarolina Granados Mendoza0Miguel Murguía-Romero1Gerardo A. Salazar2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México The Instituto de Biología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM) celebrates 95 years as a leading institution on biodiversity research. Besides developing frontier research, training of human resources, and public science communication, IBUNAM houses 10 National Zoological Collections and the National Herbarium of Mexico (MEXU). The specimens deposited in these collections are the foundation of numerous biological studies, from which ample genetic resources have been generated. Here we present an initial effort to link the specimens deposited at the National Biological Collections housed at IBUNAM to their public genetic resources, using MEXU’s Collection of Types of Vascular Plants as proof of concept. First, a list of the type specimens was retrieved from IBdata, the web system for consulting the records of the biological collections housed at IBUNAM. Then, the interface Entrez Programming Utilities of GenBank was used to search for the available genetic resources associated with the type specimens. New fields were incorporated into IBdata to facilitate access to the identified genetic resources. Future initiatives should promote access to the public metadata (e.g., molecular, morphological) associated to specimens of the biological collections housed at IBUNAM. https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/5509MetadataGenBankIBdata Type specimensDigitalized information |
| spellingShingle | Carolina Granados Mendoza Miguel Murguía-Romero Gerardo A. Salazar It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Metadata GenBank IBdata Type specimens Digitalized information |
| title | It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| title_full | It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| title_fullStr | It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| title_short | It’s time to celebrate! Linking genetic resources to the Mexican National Biological Collections custodied by the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| title_sort | it s time to celebrate linking genetic resources to the mexican national biological collections custodied by the institute of biology of the national autonomous university of mexico |
| topic | Metadata GenBank IBdata Type specimens Digitalized information |
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