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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">... and because you can't re-collect
them back in time. Once they are gone, not only part of our
cultural heritage is lost, loosing research samples would violate
one of the core principle of evidence based, good sciences, i.e.
that research studies shall be repeatable using the same samples.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">E.g. re-extraction of the same tissues
will not necessarily help to discover mistakes that happened
during extraction or downstream in the lab with retrieved DNA
samples and subsequent PCR-products generated out of them after
extraction.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">All the best<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dirk<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 26.09.2019 um 19:59 schrieb Sarah K.
Huber:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently I’ve been fielding a lot of
questions about why our collection should retain a physical
specimen once it has been digitized (e.g., CT-scanned,
photographed, x-rayed, etc.). I’m curious how often other
museum professionals are asked this question and what your
general responses are for justifying the retention of a
physical specimen. Why do you tell people it’s important to
retain a specimen?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone knows of article that have
addressed this specific question I would appreciate references
so that I can have them on hand for particularly curious
visitors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah<o:p></o:p></p>
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K. Huber, Ph.D.</span><span
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Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection<br>
Office 804.684.7104 | Collection 804.684.7285<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:skhuber@vims.edu">skhuber@vims.edu</a> |
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vims.edu/research/facilities/fishcollection/index.php">http://www.vims.edu/research/facilities/fishcollection/index.php</a></span><span
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<span style="background:white">PO Box 1346 | 1370 Greate
Rd., Gloucester Pt., VA 23062<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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