geno-informatics

[Jean-Michel MAES]

Sorry, I think I lost a point somewhere ???
 
The possibility of putting insect pictures and genome pictures (or
representations) on line will give you the possibility of throwing to the
garbage the all collection ???? That's the point ?
 
Some where I tell that it could be a priority to put pictures of insect
types on the web or on CD ROM but only to avoid sending the specimens. And,
that's only a good system in some families like butterflies, Dynastines
(pictures of specimens and genitalia), etc... It's only a half and half
solution to the conflict between people afraid to send types and specialist
needing to see the Types.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jean-Michel MAES
MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO
AP 527
LEON
NICARAGUA
tel 505-3116586
jmmaes at ibw.com.ni
www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/termitero.htm#nicaragua
www.insectariumvirtual.com/lasmariposasdenicaragua.htm
www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/workers/JMaes.htm
www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/database2/honduintro.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Gochfeld <gochfeld at EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: <Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca>
Cc: <rworth at oda.state.or.us>; <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:17 AM
Subject: geno-informatics
 
 
> Not only can you put the visual stuff on the web, but my enthusiastic
> molecular
> naturalists assure me that before long the entire genome and
> variabilitycan be
> posted (although down-loading will be slow).
>
> In that case you wouldn't need to preserve the specimen, just squash it,
> sequence it, and throw it away. University administrators will be glad
> to
> recover all that wasted space, just like Princeton and Stanford did
> decades
> ago.
>
> Mike Gochfeld
>
>
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