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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have had very promising results using a target-capture based approach to sequence DNA from the frozen tissue pellets and supernatants of samples originally prepared for studies of allozyme variation many decades ago. This investigation
was inspired by the large quantity of such materials that are part of Richard Highton's important collection of plethodontid salamanders, now housed at the USNM. We intend to publish a short methods note alerting the community to utility of this material that
our institutions have been safeguarding for decades. In this same publication, we would also like to alert readers to the availability of equivalent material in other institutions given that it may not be easy to find this information using standard collections
searches. For this we need your help! We envision a summary table listing the institution, collection, approximate quantity of homogenates available, and brief notes (e.g., USNM; Amphibians + Reptiles; 30,000; primarily North American salamanders). We can
also include a mention of collections that do not have such material to (hopefully) reduce the number of unnecessary inquiries you may receive. Thank you for your consideration in taking part in this survey (<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfxwyN9w8ntRkZ9rpHozvt7AVrfYmCBtSjk6t4B9L5q37RiEg%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=04%7C01%7CWYNNA%40si.edu%7Ce6ad1213b0cd4dfd48e708d87b6f3a96%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637395064951750669%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=QkiOGOjhS0DGMKqZfXNcG7ELwCAIkKtgPXLTJVYGXkQ%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:blue">message
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rayna Bell (California Academy of Sciences)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle O'Connell, Addison Wynn, Kevin Mulder, and Kevin de Queiroz (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Addison Wynn</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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