About Journal of Developmental Biology
Aims
Journal of Developmental Biology (ISSN 2221-3759) is an international, peer-reviewed, quick-refereeing open access journal, which publishes reviews, research papers and communications on the development of multicellular organisms at the molecule, cell, tissue, organ and whole organism levels. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Electronic files regarding the full details of the experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.
Scope
Journal of Developmental Biology focuses on
- Development mechanisms and genetics
- Cell differentiation
- Embryonal development
- Tissue/organism growth
- Metamorphosis and regeneration of the organisms.
It involves many biological fields, such as
- Molecular biology
- Genetics
- Physiology
- Cell biology
- Anatomy
- Embryology
- Cancer research
- Neurobiology
- Immunology
- Ecology and
- Evolutionary biology
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Copyright / Open Access
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