Adaptive Evolution of Insects
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2022) | Viewed by 3418
Special Issue Editors
Interests: silkworm; domestication; duplicate gene; molecular evolution; transposable element; population genomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One of fundamental purposes of modern biological research is to uncover the genetic and molecular basis of adaptation and evolutionary change in organisms. Insects are the largest group of animals on earth; they have adapted and diversified under various natural conditions, both within and among lineages. Insect populations are therefore good models for investigating the environmental adaptation of organisms. Moreover, the inhabiting environments of the insects are also influenced by the increasing human activity, which is considered as a set of major selective forces rapidly leading to a change in genetic variation and population structure. In addition, the dramatically declining cost of DNA sequencing and recent advances in functional genomic techniques have been beneficial to explore the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying adaption.
This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality research articles and review articles. We are particularly interested in those that are mainly focused on (but not limited to) how populations or species adapt to various environmental conditions and human-mediated changes (such as domestication). Both genomic dry research and experimental wet research are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Ze Zhang
Dr. Wei Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adaptive evolution
- genomics
- insect
- population genetics
- adaptive plasticity
