Special Issue "Biological Diversity Assessed by Molecular Methods"

Guest Editor
Dr. Lorraine Pariset
Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Phone: +39 0761 357354
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Interests: population genetics; genetic diversity of livestock; biodiversity; molecular evolution; domestication; molecular analysis of ancient DNA; breeding strategies; genetic disorders; microarrays

Dear Colleagues,

In this Diversity’s special issue we would like presenting the various methods available to assess biological diversity at the molecular level, with special consideration on innovative techniques, as of high throughput sequencing methods and high density microarrays. Also novel approaches as high-dimensional biology (the simultaneous study of “omic” sciences (including genomics for DNA variants, transcriptomics for mRNA, proteomics for proteins, and metabolomics for intermediate products of metabolism) will be taken into special account, in that they are promising as tools to address questions regarding the molecular mechanisms involved in various biological aspects, as diversity.

The issue is not restrict to any particular taxa. Contributions focusing on application of molecular methods to animals, including human, and also plants, will be considered, to enrich the presentation of novel applications.

Dr. Lorraine Pariset
Guest Editor

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Submission Information

All manuscripts should be submitted to diversity@mdpi.com with a copy to the Guest Editor. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diversity is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.

For the first two issues, to be published in 2009 and 2010, the Article Processing Charges (APC) will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts. English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.

• genetic diversity
• polymorphism
• SNP
• microsatellite
• molecular marker
• biodiversity