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Special Issues
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Genetics and Evolutionary Biology of Aquatic Organisms
Deadline: 15 November 2026
Tissue and Organ Regeneration in Fish: Evolutionary Mechanisms
Deadline: 30 July 2026
Research Advances in Aquatic Omics
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Genetic Variability within and between Populations
Deadline: 31 May 2026
Internal Defense System and Evolution of Aquatic Animals
Deadline: 15 May 2026
Gene–Environment Interactions in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Evolutionary Insights into Life History
Deadline: 20 December 2024
Palaeolimnology and Hydrobiology
Deadline: 30 June 2024
Cambrian Explosion and Construction of the First Animal Consumer-Driven Marine Ecosystem on Earth
Deadline: 31 August 2023
Macro-Ecology, Macro-Evolution and Conservation of Animals and Plants
Deadline: 31 July 2023
Evolution and Ecology of Phenotypes in Nature
Deadline: 30 June 2023
Paleontology in the 21st Century
Deadline: 30 June 2022
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