Shanlin Liu and colleagues’ 2021 investigation, which examined the evolutionary history of the rhinoceros family (Rhinocerotidae), demonstrates the potential held by museomics—the study of hDNA, genomic data from archival specimens housed in collections such as those at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Although it is a challenge for evolutionary biologists that past specimen preservation methods often resulted in DNA degradation, emerging advances in DNA extraction and sequencing may soon enable hDNA to reveal a range of evolutionary relationships and patterns.
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It is an approach to the study of evolutionary phenomena that holds much promise for future scientific advances.
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As a result of recent technological breakthroughs, it is no longer a challenging approach for evolutionary biologists to use.
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It can provide researchers access to DNA from mammals, but it requires the latest and most advanced laboratory equipment.
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By expanding the types of DNA samples available to researchers, it is becoming a widely used alternative to traditional genomic methods.