[NHCOLL-L:2020] Genbank and museum voucher numbers for sequences

[Andy Bentley]

Hi all

Here at the KU Natural History Museum we have a large fish tissue collection
that is extensively used.  Recently I came across an interesting question
with regard to sequences submitted to Genbank using material from our
collection.  I would like to link Genbank accession numbers to voucher
material in our collection database for future reference.  However it
appears that it is not common practice for researchers to lodge voucher
information with Genbank or the facility to do so does not exist in Genbank.

I have asked a number of our users if there is any prerequisite for them to
submit museum voucher numbers along with sequences to Genbank and none of
them could answer my question (most didn't think so) - and none of them had
lodged voucher numbers with their sequences.  I also contacted Genbank with
the same query and got a similar answer.  Is there anyone out there who can
answer this question?  I would think that having a field in Genbank to enter
this information would be very useful and would be advantageous not only to
the collection concerned but also to Genbank in terms of the validity of the
material used to generate the sequences.

If anyone who has had dealings with this issue or with Genbank concerning
this issue I would be interested to hear from you off list.

Thanks

Andy
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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863
Fax: (785) 864-5335
Email: ABentley at ku.edu              :
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