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Title: TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE? THAT IS THE QUESTION

Author
item Theologis, Athanasios
item DAVIS, RONALD - STANFORD UNIV STANFORD CA

Submitted to: Plant Physiology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2004
Publication Date: 5/1/2004
Citation: Theologis, A., Davis, R.W. 2004. To give or not to give? that is the question. Plant Physiology, 135:4-9.

Interpretive Summary: While Hamlet experienced "suffering caused by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...," many modern day scientists have similar feelings when asked to give and share published data and materials with other members of our community. Herein, we argue that being on the side of the fence that advocates sharing freely published data and materials is an acceptable practice in the scientific community, an opinion based on our scientific journey over the past 40 years.

Technical Abstract: The discussion on data and material sharing is formidable; however, it can be focused on two groups: (1) published materials and data by individual investigators, and (2) unpublished data produced by large scale genome and community projects.