Genes

Molecular Genetics of Rare Disorders

edited by Miriam Lucia Carriero

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 116 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12252 | 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 5611 | Submission Open

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

(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 | Viewed by 257 | 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)

Genetics and Epigenetics in Neurological Disorders

edited by Julien Philippe

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic; epigenetic; neurodegeneration; pathomechanisms; neurotherapeutics

(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 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

Pediatric Rare Diseases: Genetics and Diagnosis

edited by Antonio F. Martínez‐Monseny

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 63 | 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)

Molecular Basis and Therapeutics of Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Tânia Soares Martins

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 61 | 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 28 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacogenetics)

Genetics and Treatment in Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by Valentino Rački and

Gaber Bergant

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neurogenomics)

Molecular Basis and Genetics of Intellectual Disability

edited by

Orazio Palumbo

,

Massimo Carella

and

Pietro Palumbo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9306 | 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)

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 122 | 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)

AI and Neurogenomics: Innovations in Precision Medicine for Brain Disorders

edited by

Stefania Zampatti

and

Emiliano Giardina

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Jiayong Zhang

and

Jiasheng Hao

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5343 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 893 | 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)

Advances in Craniofacial Genetics

edited by Christos Yapijakis

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 340 | 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)

Glioma Diagnostics in the Genetics Era

edited by Scott Ryall

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

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetic Diagnosis)

Genetic and Epigenetic Influences on Depression: Emerging Therapies and Biomarkers

edited by Jelena Milić

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 72 | 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)

Genetic and Morphological Diversity in Plants

edited by

P. Roxanne Kellar

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 69 | 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)

Mitochondrial Genetics: Progress and Challenges

edited by

Konstantin Khrapko

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 57 | 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 54 | 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)

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 53 | 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)

Advanced Research in Forensic Genetics

edited by

Mauro Pesaresi

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 52 | 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)

Next-Generation Sequencing for Pathogen Detection

edited by Rachel R. Spurbeck

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 52 | 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)

Genetic Research on Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke

edited by Alessandro Pezzini

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Genetic Analysis of Congenital Disorders

edited by

Ewelina Bukowska-Olech

,

Pawel Gawlinski

and Katarzyna Ziółkowska

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 50 | 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)

Genetics and Epigenetics in Plant Development

edited by Chao Bian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 44 | 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)

Maintenance of DNA Structure and Genome Stability

edited by

Piero R. Bianco

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 38 | 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)

Autoimmune Diseases Genetics

edited by Sundararajan Jayaraman

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

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

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

Recent Advances in the Genetics of Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease

edited by Dalia Zaliuniene

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 31 | 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)

Inherited Retinal Diseases: Genetic Research and Novel Therapeutic Prospects

edited by

Ditta Zobor

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 27 | 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)

Application of Animal Models in Neurological Disease

edited by

Ibrar Siddique

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 39 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2307 | 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 | Viewed by 385 | 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)

Application of Genome-Wide Association Studies in Rare Diseases Research

edited by Menglu Liang and

Andrzej Ciechanowicz

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare disease genetics; statistical methods; genomic association; small sample inference; polygenic risk scores; cross-ancestry GWAS; gene– gene interaction; gene– environment interaction; disease biomarkers; precision medicine

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

Inherited Retinal Dystrophies: Genetic Basis, Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy

edited by

Dalia Žaliuniene

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 41 | 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)

Molecular Diagnostics of Adrenal Tumors

edited by Piotr Glinicki

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: adrenal tumors; pheochromocytoma; paraganglioma; Cushing syndrome; primary aldosteronism; adrenocortical cancer; molecular testing; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetic Diagnosis)

Advances in Genetic Counseling and Genetic Testing in Precision Medicine (2nd Edition)

edited by Hiroki Kurahashi,

Tomoki Kosho

, Atsushi Watanabe and

Tomoharu Tokutomi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical integration of genomic data; ethical and socioeconomic implications; family health history; genetic risk assessment; medical genetics education; next-generation sequencing in diagnosis; personalized genomic medicine; bioinformatics in genomics; pharmacogenomics and drug response; genetic counseling and decision making; molecular biomarkers in disease; genomics of rare diseases; population genetics and evolutionary studies; epigenetics and gene regulation; artificial intelligence and machine learning in genomics; genomic data privacy and security; translational genomics and therapeutics; Transition Medicine; Re-contacting; Expanded Newborn Screening

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

Multi-Omics in Psychiatric Disorders

edited by

José Jaime Martínez-Magaña

and

Sheila T. Nagamatsu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: methylomics; transcriptomics; epigenomics; genomics; proteomics; metabolomics; multi-omics; psychiatric disorders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neurogenomics)

The Regulation of mRNA Translation in Health and Disease

edited by Jun Ling

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: mRNA translation; mRNA biology; transcriptional regulation; cell signaling; cancer therapies

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

Enhancing Genetic Prediction in Precision Medicine with Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Isabel De la Torre Diez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI/ML-based precision medicine models and applications; integration of nanomaterials into AI-based precision medicine; translating big data into healthcare: opportunities; challenges; and legal aspects; synergy between AI and precision medicine; multi-omics profiling; phenotype prediction; risk analysis in relation to genomics in personalized medicine; ML and genomics

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

Advances in Forensic Genetics and DNA

edited by

Maria Saiz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: human identification; crime scene investigation; next generation sequencing; forensic investigative genetic genealogy; lineage markers; DNA methylation; disaster victim identification

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

Genetics and Genomics of Heritable Pediatric Disorders

edited by

Pawel Gawlinski

and

Robert Śmigiel

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7141 | Submission Open

Keywords: human genetics; genomics; rare diseases; pediatric disorders; genetics

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

The Molecular Breeding of Vegetables: Technological Innovations and Breeding Practices

edited by

Xing Liu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetable breeding; marker-assisted selection; gene editing; genomic selection; trait improvement; omics technologies; disease and stress resistance

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

Unveiling Human Microbiome Composition and Functions to Improve Health and Disease Research

edited by

Valeria D’Argenio

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: human microbiome; health and disease; precision medicine; host– microbe interactions; translational research; metagenomics; multi-omics approaches

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

Chromatin Remodeling and DNA Repair Pathways in Cancer

edited by

Manh Tien Tran

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: chromatin remodeling; chromatin remodelers; nucleosome; histone modification; DNA damage responses

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

The Opportunities and Challenges of Next-Generation Sequencing in Cancer Biology

edited by

Sourav Roy

and Taslim Al-Hilal

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; DNA-seq; RNA-seq; Chip-seq; epigenomics

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

Utilizing Multi-Omics to Investigate Neurodegenerative Disorders

edited by Muhammad Ali

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegeneration; central nervous system; diagnosis; prognosis; biomarkers; predictive modeling; brain; cerebrospinal fluid; plasma; multi-omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neurogenomics)

Genetics of Host–Pathogen Interactions

edited by

Transito Garcia-Garcia

and Sara Zaldívar López

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogen virulence factors; infection susceptibility; immune evasion; genomics of infectious diseases; host– pathogen co-evolution; host– pathogen dynamics; microbiome– host interactions; emerging infectious diseases; crispr and gene editing in host– pathogen studies; transcriptomics and gene expression profiling

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

Opportunities and Prospects of Cancer Gene Therapy

edited by Ruoxi Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer gene therapy; tumor suppressor gene activation; oncogene inhibition; suicide gene therapy; antiangiogenic gene therapy; immunogenic therapy; viral and non-viral vectors; targeted gene delivery; translational cancer research

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

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