[NHCOLL-L:1768] Re: GenBank

[Gordon Jarrell]

Hi Greg,

You are pretty much dependent on  the user of the specimens.  There is 
no uniform policy or requirement.
See:
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/af/citing.html

It's worth mentioning that individuals should be accessioned 
individually in GenBank EVEN IF they have identical sequences.

G.

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Gordon H. Jarrell, Ph.D
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Acting Curator of Mammals
University of Alaska Museum
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Gregory Watkins-Colwell wrote:

> Today I was given a reprint from somebody who borrowed YPM specimens 
> recently and conducted a molecular analysis.  They deposited their 
> sequences at GenBank (at the requirement of the Journal they used for 
> the paper).  In the paper, they cite the GenBank "Accession Number" 
> and not any museum catalog numbers.  Nowhere in the paper is there an 
> appendix or anything indicating which sequences have voucher specimens 
> or where those voucher specimens might be.  Has this happened to 
> anyone else before?  Does GenBank keep any records that would link 
> their "Accession Number" to the actual catalog number for the voucher 
> specimen?
>
> Do most molecular-based journal rely entirely upon the GenBank number 
> and not the museum catalog numbers for such things?  This just seems 
> wrong.
>
> Greg
>
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