{"id":472,"date":"2009-06-26T10:09:13","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2009\/06\/a_biodiversity_storeroom\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T10:09:13","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:09:13","slug":"a-biodiversity-storeroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2009\/06\/a-biodiversity-storeroom\/","title":{"rendered":"a biodiversity storeroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/\">SciTechDaily<\/a> &#8211; a trip through a library of mammalian biodiversity! This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/link.brightcove.com\/services\/player\/bcpid1911416348?bclid=1741215546&amp;bctid=23337434001\">video tour<\/a> through a &#8216;bone room&#8217; &amp; a &#8216;skins room&#8217; belonging to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California at Berkley. It looks like a fascinating place to visit (although the sight of the skins &amp; furs was a little close to the heart for me at the moment), but the video is the closest most of us will get as there&#8217;s no public access.<\/p>\n<p>Nor is this &#8216;just&#8217; a museum &#8211; as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2009\/06\/mvz-museum\/\">original&nbsp;&#8216;Wired&#8217; article<\/a> says, it&#8217;s a premier research institution. Scientists there can use the museum&#8217;s contents to study biodiversity, both at the whole-organism level and &#8211; using DNA technology &#8211; at the genetic level. Plus the material can be tested for things like heavy metals, to get a picture of human impacts on the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via SciTechDaily &#8211; a trip through a library of mammalian biodiversity! 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