Helpful Papers

Below are some helpful papers for folks interested in learning more about the field and its techniques:

Introductions to the Field of Museomics and beyond

• Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics (Raxworthy et al., 2021) Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 36, Issue 11, 1049 - 1060
• A systematic review on environmental DNA (eDNA) Science: An eco-friendly survey method for conservation and restoration of fragile ecosystems (Sahu et al., 2025) Ecological Indicators, Volume 173, April 2025, 113441

Protocol Developments

• Towards Large-Scale Museomics Projects: A Cost-Effective and High-Throughput Extraction Method for Obtaining Historical DNA From Museum Insect Specimens (Holmquist et al., 2025) Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume25, Issue 8, November 2025, e14117

• Expedited assessment of terrestrial arthropod diversity by coupling Malaise traps with DNA barcoding (deWaard et al., 2018) Canadian Science Publishing, Volume 62, Number 3, March 2019

Other Papers

• The importance of stupidity in scientific research (Schwartz, Martin A., 2008) Journal of Cell Science 121, 1771