Opinion: Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic data

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Abstract

Stable isotopes encode and integrate the origin of matter; thus, their analysis offers tremendous potential to address questions across diverse scientific disciplines (1, 2). Indeed, the broad applicability of stable isotopes, coupled with advancements in high-throughput analysis, have created a scientific field that is growing exponentially, and generating data at a rate paralleling the explosive rise of DNA sequencing and genomics (3). Centralized data repositories, such as GenBank, have become increasingly important as a means for archiving information, and “Big Data” analytics of these resources are revolutionizing science and everyday life.

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Pauli, J.N., Newsome, S.D., Cook, J.A., Harrod, C., Steffan, S.A., Baker, C., Ben-David, M., Bloom, D., Bowen, G.J., Cerling, T.E., Cicero, C., Cook, C., Dohm, M., Dharampal, P.S., Graves, G., Gropp, R., Hobson, K.A., Jordan, C., MacFadden, B., Pilaar Birch, S., Poelen, J., Ratnasingham, S., Russell, L., Stricker, C.A., Uhen, M.D., Yarnes, C.T., Hayden, B., 2017, Opinion: Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic data: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 114, no. 12, p. 2997-3001, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701742114.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Opinion: Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic data
Series title Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1701742114
Volume 114
Issue 12
Publication Date March 21, 2017
Year Published 2017
Language English
Publisher PNAS
Contributing office(s) Fort Collins Science Center
Description 5 p.
First page 2997
Last page 3001
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