Herbaria provide a valuable resource for obtaining informative mRNA
Alexa S. Tyszka, Khong‐Sam Chia, Eric C Bretz, Linda Mansour, Drew A. Larson, Nathanael Walker‐Hale, Philip Carella, Joseph F. Walker
This study demonstrates that RNA from herbarium specimens can be used for transcriptomics, validating the functional use of archival mRNA from a 1956 plant specimen.
Genome Research · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology