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From Genetic to Molecular Basis of Kidney Diseases

edited by

Mariadelina Simeoni

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4168 | Submission Open

Keywords: renal rare diseases; chronic kidney disease (CKD); acute kidney injury (AKI); glomerulonephritis; onconephrology; inherited glomerulopathies and tubulopathies; cardio-nephrology syndromes; neuro-nephrology syndromes; endocrine nephrology syndromes; Kidney transplantation ; Hemodialysis; Peritoneal dialysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Genetics in Retinal Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Chloe M. Stanton

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3957 | Submission Open

Keywords: retina; genetics; inherited retinal disease; genomics; genetic therapies; disease models; disease mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Clinical Molecular Genetics in Hematologic Diseases

edited by

Zhenya Tang

and Lei Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3228 | Submission Open

Keywords: hematologic diseases; genetic aberration; hematologic malignancies; next generation sequencing (NGS); precision medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics in Clinical Diagnostics: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Jinglan Liu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3083 | Submission Open

Keywords: karyotyping; cytogenomics; chromosome territory (CT); nuclear architecture; clinical oncology; germline; development; neuropsychiatry; artificial intelligence (AI)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cytogenomics)

Genes and Gene Therapies in Chronic Renal Disease

edited by Thomas Kitzler

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2647 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic renal disease; personalized medicine; exome and genome sequencing; nephrogenetics; genetic kidney disease; small molecules; mRNA therapies; gene editing; gene delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Phenotypic Variability of Genetic Diseases in Children

edited by Ben Pode-Shakked

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1363 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotypic variability; genetic disorders; rare diseases; neurodevelopmental disorders; craniofacial anomalies; next-generation sequencing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Epigenetic Regulation in Tumors

edited by

Anca Botezatu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer epigenetics; epigenetic mechanisms; tumor microenvironment; epigenetic biomarkers; multi-omics and bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Epigenomics)

Genetic Research on Crop Stress Resistance and Quality Traits

edited by

Zenglin Zhang

Zhiyong Ni

and

Lichao Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 657 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic and epigenetic regulation; plant stresses response; multi-omics data analysis; regulation of plant senescence; plant regulatory hormones; mechanisms of the elucidation of plant molecular and physiological traits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Clinical Diagnosis and Analysis of Cancers

edited by Elisa De Paolis

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer genetics; cancer proteomics; cancer diagnosis; cancer treatments; next-generation sequencing; genetic editing ; machine learning ; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Genetic and Epigenetic Insights of Birth Defects

edited by José Suazo

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: birth defects; epigenetics; genetic; human embryo development; molecular pathways; gene expression; epigenetic marks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Genetics and Genomics of Retinal Development and Diseases

edited by

Jiaxiong Lu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: inherited retinal diseases; retina organoids; genetic networks; retina; CRISPR-based genome editing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Molecular Mechanisms of Embryogenesis in Mammal

edited by Federico Zurita

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene regulation; blastocyst; chromatin; cell migration; gastrulation; mouse; MicroRNAs; apoptosis; neurulation; organogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Improvement in Rice: Enhancing Environmental Sustainability and Global Health

edited by Hao Chen

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: oryza sativa; genetic improvement; yield and related traits; resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses; nutrient-use efficiency; nutrional quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Advances in Pig Genetic and Genomic Breeding

edited by

Kang Xu

and

Kejun Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18162 | Submission Open

Keywords: pig genome; pig breeding; multi-omics; economic traits; molecular maker

(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Breeding of Forage

edited by Maofeng Chai and Zhenyi Li

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1487 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage genetic improvement; molecular breeding; abiotic stress; biotic stress; population genetics; multi-omics analysis; nutrition absorption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Roles of RNAs in Biology

edited by

Zihua Hu

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: regulatory RNAs; non-coding RNAs; RNA in disease and therapy; RNA modifications including editing; RNA-RNA interaction including microRNAs; RNA in transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation; non-coding RNA in epigenetic regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section RNA)

Molecular Genetics of Rare Disorders

edited by Miriam Lucia Carriero

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1126 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare diseases; molecular genetics; gene– disease associations; genotype– phenotype correlation; targeted gene therapy; next-generation sequencing; whole-genome sequencing; genome-wide association studies; functional genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Advance in Non-invasive Prenatal Testing: Ten Years of cfDNA-Based Screening and Diagnosis

edited by

Luigia De Falco

and Erica Soster

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15894 | Submission Open

Keywords: prenatal screening; circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA); non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT); genome-wide sequencing; monogenic diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Technologies and Resources for Genetics)

Animal Models, Genetic and Genomic Studies in Cancer and Its Therapy

edited by

Dongyu Jia

Yinu Wang

and

Yoichiro Tamori

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7686 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal model; cancer model; application; translational research; cancer biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Treatment in Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by Valentino Rački and

Gaber Bergant

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1467 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegeneration; genetics; Alzheimer’ s disease; Parkinson’ s disease; gene therapy; pharmacogenomics; precision medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neurogenomics)

Pediatric Rare Diseases: Genetics and Diagnosis

edited by Antonio F. Martínez‐Monseny

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1121 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare diseases; genetics; pediatrics; dysmorphology; molecular diagnosis; genetic syndromes; genome; precision medicine; phenotype

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Epigenetics in Neurological Disorders

edited by Julien Philippe

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1011 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic; epigenetic; neurodegeneration; pathomechanisms; neurotherapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular Breeding and Genetics of Plant Drought Resistance

edited by

Ivan Pejić

and Miroslav Bukan

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 733 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; abiotic stress; drought assessment; plant phenotyping; drought resistance; molecular breeding; marker assisted selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Utilizing High-Throughput Sequencing and Deep Learning to Uncover Disease Epigenetic Mechanisms

edited by Fuying Dao and Hao Lv

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenomics; deep Learning; three-dimensional chromatin interactions; high-throughput sequencing; disease biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

Molecular Basis and Therapeutics of Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Tânia Soares Martins

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: Alzheimer’ s disease; Parkinson’ s disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); molecular mechanisms; protein misfolding and aggregation; mitochondrial dysfunction; neuroinflammation; extracellular vesicles (EVs); gene therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Psychiatric Pharmacogenomics

edited by Martina Hahn

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmacogenetics; pharmacogenomics; pharmacokinetics; therapeutic drug monitoring; psychotropic drugs; psychiatric pharmacogenomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacogenetics)

Molecular Basis and Genetics of Intellectual Disability

edited by

Orazio Palumbo

Massimo Carella

and

Pietro Palumbo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12908 | Submission Open

Keywords: ID-related genes; new syndromic and non-syndromic forms of ID; neurodevelopmental disorders; genotype– phenotype correlations; non-coding RNAs and ID; next-generation sequencing; chromosome microarray analysis; animal models; iPSCs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

AI and Neurogenomics: Innovations in Precision Medicine for Brain Disorders

edited by

Stefania Zampatti

and

Emiliano Giardina

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 930 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurogenetics; genomics; artificial intelligence; brain disorders; neurodegenerative disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Batch Effects in High Dimensional Biological Data—Detection, Correction and Challenges

edited by

Miguel Andrade

and Maximilian Sprang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: batch effects; artifacts; RNA seq; omics; quality control; single cell; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Technologies and Resources for Genetics)

Molecular Evolution, Mitochondrial Genomics and Mitochondrial Genome Expression in Animals: 2024–2025

edited by

Jiayong Zhang

and

Jiasheng Hao

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 11189 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondrial genome; gene arrangement; phylogenetic relationship; mitochondrial gene expression; molecular evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics)

Machine Learning in Cancer and Disease Genomics

edited by

Piero Fariselli

and Giovanni Birolo

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7454 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; cancer genomics; disease genomics; bioinformatics; genomic data analysis; biomarker discovery; multi-omics integration; personalized medicine; computational biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Advanced Research in Forensic Genetics

edited by

Mauro Pesaresi

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1706 | Submission Open

Keywords: forensic genetics; massive parallel sequencing (MPS); DNA quantification methods; DNA extraction methods; sudden cardiac death; post-mortem interval; microRNA; DNA phenotyping; individual identification; genetic markers; short tandem repeats (STRs); single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); microhaplotype; forensic statistics; artificial intelligence; activity level in forensics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic and Epigenetic Influences on Depression: Emerging Therapies and Biomarkers

edited by Jelena Milić

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1621 | Submission Open

Keywords: depression; epigenetics; genetic predisposition; environmental factors; epigenetic biomarkers; mental health therapies; stress and depression; DNA methylation; histone modifications; transgenerational effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Advances in Craniofacial Genetics

edited by Christos Yapijakis

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open

Keywords: craniofacial syndromes; dysmorphology; genetics; epigenetics; gene– environment interactions; animal models; therapeutic protocols; cranial neural crest; cleft lip and palate; auditory– vestibular malformations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Genetic and Morphological Diversity in Plants

edited by

P. Roxanne Kellar

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 659 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; genetic structure; genetics; genotype; germplasm; haplotype; high-throughput sequencing; invasive species; microsatellites; molecular markers; morphological characters; morphology; morphometrics; morphotype; next-generation sequencing; phenotype; systematics; taxonomy; variation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Research on Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke

edited by Alessandro Pezzini

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open

Keywords: stroke; genetics; genomics; risk factors; outcome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Inherited Retinal Diseases: Genetic Research and Novel Therapeutic Prospects

edited by

Ditta Zobor

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: inherited retinal degeneration; ophthalmogenetics; genotype– phenotype correlations; gene therapy; optogenetics; stem cell therapy; neuroprotection; clinical studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Mitochondrial Genetics: Progress and Challenges

edited by

Konstantin Khrapko

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mitochondria; ; mtDNA; ; mutation; ; selection; ; germline; ; mitchondrial disease; ; inheritance; ; population; ; evolution; ; NUMT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Integrative Epigenetic Regulation in Crop Stress Resistance: Multi-Omics-Guided Gene Mining and Molecular Breeding

edited by Qiutao Xu, Baoqi Li and

Xuan Ma

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic regulation; DNA methylation; histone modifications; RNA biology; multi-omics; abiotic stress resilience; transgenerational epigenetic inheritance; transcriptional regulation; phenotypic plasticity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Epigenetics in Plant Development

edited by Chao Bian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant development; genetics; epigenetics; genome editing; epigenetics; gene regulation; DNA methylation; chromatin remodeling; transcriptional networks; environmental signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Advances in Genetic Analysis of Congenital Disorders

edited by

Ewelina Bukowska-Olech

Pawel Gawlinski

and Katarzyna Ziółkowska

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: congenital disorders; rare diseases; next-generation sequencing; whole-exome sequencing (WES); whole-genome sequencing (WGS); array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH); prenatal testing; postnatal testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Harnessing Multi-Omics Approaches to Unravel Plant–Microbe Interactions in Cultivated Plants: Implications for Climate Resilience and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Samathmika Ravi,

Maria Cristina Della Lucia

and

Piergiorgio Stevanato

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-omics; plant– microbe interactions; climate resilience; agricultural sustainability; microbial dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Epigenetics of Autoimmune Diseases

edited by Sundararajan Jayaraman

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: autoimmune diseases; biomarkers; DNA; epigenetics; genes; genetics; microRNAs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Genomics and Genetic Diseases)

Glioma Diagnostics in the Genetics Era

edited by Scott Ryall

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: glioma; genetics; diagnostics; therapeutics; histology; sequencing; methylation; optical genome mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetic Diagnosis)

Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Detection

edited by Rachel R. Spurbeck

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation sequencing; pathogen agnostic detection; infectious disease diagnostics; environmental pathogen surveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Technologies and Resources for Genetics)

Maintenance of DNA Structure and Genome Stability

edited by

Piero R. Bianco

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: genome instability; DNA damage; replication restart; recombinational repair; replication fork; DNA repair; recombination; single-strand binding proteins; replisomes; RNA polymerase; transcription and translation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Recent Advances in the Genetics of Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease

edited by Dalia Zaliuniene

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: inherited retinal diseases (IRDs); genetic mutations; next-generation sequencing (NGS); gene therapy; genome editing (CRISPR-Cas9); RNA-based therapies; molecular diagnostics; precision medicine; photoreceptor degeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)

Application of Animal Models in Neurological Disease

edited by

Ibrar Siddique

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurological diseases; drug development; brain; animal models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neurogenomics)

Advances in Molecular Microbiology, Genetics, and Bioinformatics of Multiple-Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Public Health

edited by

Pedro Panzenhagen

, Dália Dos Prazeres Rodrigues and

Carlos Adam Conte Júnior

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5651 | Submission Open

Keywords: One Health; pathogen genomics; whole genome sequencing (WGS); proteomics; CRISPR technology; infectious disease outbreaks; antimicrobial resistance; genomic epidemiology; public health surveillance; bioinformatics in pathogen research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbial Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular Assays for Mutation and Infectious Agent Detection

edited by

Gustavo Barra

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1671 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular diagnostics; genetic mutations; pathogen detection; PCR; digital PCR; next-generation sequencing (NGS); isothermal amplification; diagnostic technologies; clinical applications; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Technologies and Resources for Genetics)

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