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The latest issue of BioScience features an article on the importance of natural history collections.\u00a0 Our very own Barbara Thiers is featured in this article!<\/p>\n

The Evolution of Natural History Collections: New research tools move\u00a0specimens, data to center stage.
\nby Myrna E Watanabe
\nBioScience, Volume 69, Issue 3, 1 March 2019, Pages 163\u2013169<\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/biosci\/biy163<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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