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The newest special issue in Heredity focuses on the role of post-transcriptional mechanisms in adaptation and evolution; an increasingly important topic in evolutionary biology. This issue highlights the important roles of alternative splicing in adaptation but also brings forth novel ideas about the importance of short non-coding RNAs for post-transcriptional regulation.
IWe're in the age of big data, but there remain several hurdles to integrating genomics into conservation science. We hear about these issues from Prof Cock Van Oosterhout, and discuss the potential solutions he outlined in his recent perspectives article for Heredity.
We are pleased to announce the winner of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2023. The quality of papers was very good, and we would like to congratulate all authors for their contributions. It was challenging to select a winner from so many excellent submissions, but the award for this year goes to Ellen Nikelski.
Janna Willoughby is an evolutionary geneticist with a focus on conservation and disease ecology. She earned her PhD in wildlife genetics from Purdue University's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Following it, she conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Biological Sciences, investigating adaptation in wild populations. In 2019, she joined Auburn University's College...
Heredity is a Transformative Journal; authors can publish using the traditional publishing route OR via immediate gold Open Access.
This Special Issue celebrates Mendel’s 200th birthday by focusing on exceptions to the Mendelian ‘laws’. Discovery in science is often driven forward more by exceptions than by rules. In genetics, Mendel’s laws of heredity provide the basic ‘rules’. Recent decades have seen an explosion in discoveries that violate these rules, which has driven the field of genetics forward. Indeed, these ‘exceptions’ can shape patterns of inheritance and can have important impacts on evolutionary processes.
Genetics Society Executives:
Jason B. Wolf, Department of Biology & Biochemistry and The Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Anne C Ferguson-Smith,, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK
Alexander Lorenz, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK