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atural history collections have always contained a wealth of data: genetic and phylogenetic information stored as an hee D part of the samples of organisms themselves, and biogeographic, ecological, and biogr: aphical information ored in the labels that are affixed to them.Together.a preserved organism and its label are a scientific specimen et has great intrinsic value.Separately, the label is a piece of paper with meaningless insc riptions upon it, and the plan spider, microbe, mushroom, or bird, though carefully preserved, is just so much dead organic matter, Natural Vimus
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