History and Evolution of Cytogenetics
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Cytogenomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2023) | Viewed by 283
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Interests: insects; chromosomes; cytogenomics; evolution and phylogeny
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Dear Colleagues,
The rediscovery of Mendel's Laws and its association with Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance, which showed the chromosome behavior during cell division, evidenced that chromosomes are involved in inheritance. The union of genetics and cell biology gave rise to a new field, cytogenetics, which was devoted to karyotype research. Karyotype studies cover the genomic and epigenomic structure and organization of chromosomes, as well as their evolution and behavior during cell division. Initially, classical cytogenetics was mainly based on karyotype description. Cytogenetics’ association with molecular biology gave rise to a new period, molecular cytogenetics. Since then, several questions about the karyotype have been clarified, but new questions have also been raised. Next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics have improved the analysis of chromosome organization and structure, leading to the emergence of cytogenomics. In addition, recently, cytogenetic studies have shown epigenetic variations between chromosomal portions due to histone variations. Cytogenetics allows us to determine the genome and compare it with other related taxa. Therefore, it is relevant for cytotaxonomy, systematics, evolutionary and phylogenetic studies, breeding and conservation programs, as well as clinical genetics. In this Special Issue, we invite you to contribute with original research articles and reviews addressing historical aspects and new approaches in any field of fungi, animal, plant, and human cytogenetics.
Dr. Denilce Meneses Lopes
Dr. Wellington Clarindo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- classical cytogenetics
- molecular cytogenetics
- cytogenomics
- epigenetics
