Plant Genetics and Genomics: A Call for Papers
A better understanding of both basic and applied plant biology is critical to overcoming a number of challenges currently facing humanity, including combating climate change, world hunger, the production of sustainability energy, and the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem function.
Abstract
The journals of the Genetics Society of America, GENETICS and G3: GenesjGenomesjGenetics, are calling for submissions of papers in the area of Plant Genetics and Genomics. Plant science has played a central role in a broad range of discoveries in Genetics and Genomics, ranging from Mendel’s original transformative studies of inheritance, McClintock’s discovery of mobile genetic elements, to Borlaug’s success in the genetic improvement of plants during the Green Revolution. Plants are also a vital component of the natural biota and the central pillar of human food production and security. A better understanding of both basic and applied plant biology is critical to overcoming a number of challenges currently facing humanity, including combating climate change, world hunger, the production of sustainability energy, and the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem function. This series will highlight ongoing advances in Plant Genetics and Genomics by presenting key research findings, new discoveries, and reviews or perspectives. We invite high-quality submissions for all of the journal sections including quantitative traits, gene expression, genome composition, and transmission genetics, but with a special emphasis on plant-environment interaction, genetics and genomics of adaptation, and studies leveraging advanced genomic tools for gene identification and editing to address the issues noted above. Series Editors: