Population Genetics of Animals and Plants—2nd Edition
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 116
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Interests: parasitology; population genetics; taxonomy; phylogeny; conservation genetics; molecular ecology; molecular biology
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Dear Colleagues,
This is a second Edition of our previous Special Issue entitled “Population Genetics of Animals and Plants” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/special_issues/Population_Genetics). Due to the success of the first edition, we have established a second edition of this Special Issue and welcome your submissions.
Population genetics is closely related to genetics, ecology, and evolution. The main evolutionary factors changing allele and genotype frequencies in current natural populations are gene drift, gene flow, mutation, and natural selection. This branch of modern biology aims to identify intra-population and inter-population genetic variability. The genetic diversity of natural populations expressed in heterozygosity, allelic richness or nucleotide diversity is essential for long-term population survival and adaptation to constantly changing environmental conditions. Genetic variability between the subpopulations of a metapopulation can lead to genetic differentiation between these subpopulations. The most important tools associated with population genetics are genetic markers (such as SNP, microsatellites, AFLP, and others) and the DNA sequencing of a certain highly polymorphic locus. With the help of these molecular tools, the frequencies of genotypes and alleles and the heterozygosity of populations can be determined, and the main evolutionary factors that influence the genetic diversity, structure and adaptation of populations can be examined.
Recent advances in molecular biology, genomics, and bioinformatics, as well as advances in statistical tests and packages analyzing genetic polymorphism data, have led to the rapid development of population genetics and the accumulation of large amounts of empirical data in wildlife populations of animals and plants. Due to direct and indirect human activities, biodiversity is decreasing on our planet. Many species have already become extinct, while others have experienced a decline in their population size. Therefore, one of the main directions of population genetics currently is conservation. In a changing world, population genetics does not only encompass theoretical research, but also addresses population fragmentation, small population sizes and inbreeding, anthropogenic hybridization, phylogeography, invasive species, the determination of population boundaries, and the management of exploited populations.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts that focus on various theoretical and practical areas of population genetics, and hope to receive studies that have been conducted in any geographical region examining wildlife animals and plants. If you are interested in this opportunity or have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Dr. Petras Prakas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genetic variability
- genetic structure
- conservation
- fragmentation
- hybridization
- phylogeography
- migration
- population demography
- invasive species
- exploited populations
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