The Annual Review of Genetics covers significant developments in the field of genetics. These include biochemical, behavioral, cell, and developmental genetics; evolutionary and population genetics; chromosome structure and transmission; gene function and expression; mutation and repair; genomics; immunogenetics; and other topics as related to the genetics of viruses, bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals, including humans.
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Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Genetics & Heredity
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Genetics
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringDNA Repair MechanismsBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsAnimal Genetics and ReproductionGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research