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For the Biological Collections maintained by the Biological Sciences Department at California State University, Long Beach.

Permission before any permanent alteration of a specimen for purposes of dissection, clearing and staining, SEM, TEM, or tissue sampling is allowed. You must obtain written permission from the Collection Curator in charge of the desired Taxa. Any such preparations made must be returned with the parent specimen.

Please submit a letter for tissue request on institutional letterhead containing a statement that includes the following information:

• A brief description of your project.
• Justification for the use of Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà specimens.
• Some indication that the technique applied or sample taken is indeed appropriate to the question being asked.
• What anatomical region of the specimen will be altered.

Once sampling permission is granted by the Collection Curator in charge of the desired taxa, submit a sampling request using the loan request form (coming soon).

Confirmation of species identification is strongly recommended before destructive use of a specimen.

All sequences resulting from use of tissues removed from Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà specimens must be deposited in . When depositing the sequences, you must cite the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà catalog number of the specimen from which the tissue was removed. GenBank accession numbers and a PDF of each paper resulting from the study of the sampled material must be sent to the Collection Manager.

Adapted from .