[Nhcoll-l] DNA samples suggestions

Thu Oct 27 11:48:15 EDT 2016

Karen

Along with this good information - the premise of a good tissue sample is that it is backed up by a voucher specimen for identification purposes.  If you are adamant about getting rid of the mounts I would photographically document them so that these images can serve as a voucher surrogate for the tissue samples that you extract.

You may also want to look at the following:

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Andy

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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute
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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Nezka Pfeifer
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:53 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] DNA samples suggestions

Dear Karen and Lena,
While my experience with DNA sampling of taxidermy is minimal, often the chemical process of taxidermy interferes/destroys viable DNA material, but it has been done on some of the bird mounts (passenger pigeons) and a wolf in our collection, and can be done on other specimens. It really depends on the stability of the material that remains on the mount I believe, but scientists on this list should correct me if that's not true.
In order to make some determinations about your collection, perhaps you can reach out any naturalists/scientists/professors in biology departments at your regional universities/colleges to see if this is sampling they are interested in or if they could refer you to anyone that might be interested.
In the past, we've been contacted by researchers who were specifically trying to locate taxidermy mounts in historic museum collections to carry out their research so they already knew what they were up against when it came to the chemical treatment and deteriorate of DNA material.
Hope this is somewhat useful,
Nezka

Nezka Pfeifer
Curator
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:21:39 +0000
From: Karen Morton <Karen.Morton at perotmuseum.org>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] DNA Samples
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Dear List Members,

We have a very large taxidermy collection.  A huge portion of the collection is made up of should mounts that rarely make an appearance in the exhibit galleries.  Most of the specimens were donated to the museum in the 1960's and 1970's by local big game hunters.  The museum is exploring its options to deaccession this part of our collection but we are also interesting in knowing if taxidermy mounts are viable specimens for DNA sampling.  If so, what is the best way to approach this?  A lock of fur?  A skin sample? Etc.
There are significant African and Asian animals represented in the collection and if they can provide any useful data for future use, we would like to do all that we can to preserve the data without storing a few hundred shoulder mounts.

Any advice on the matter will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
KAREN MORTON
Collections Manager
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
P 214.756.5722 |
karen.morton at perotmuseum.org<mailto:karen.morton at perotmuseum.org>

2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, TX 75201
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:38:03 +0000
From: Lena Hernandez <LHernandez at themosh.org>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] DNA Samples
To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
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I would also be interested in this.

Lena

Lena Hernandez
Collections Manager & Registrar

Museum of Science & History
1025 Museum Circle
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904)396-6674 x212

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