Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the genetics and development of organisms have become a research hotspot for biologists. Currently, increasing global climate change and human activities have greatly changed the selection pressure on marine animals, and they usually adopt active adaptation strategies to cope with habitat changes. Research on marine animal genetics, reproduction and development can help identify the general patterns and causes of adaptation and understand the genetic mechanisms of marine organisms; at the same time, it can also scientifically predict the development and evolutionary direction of marine organisms and help formulate a more reasonable strategy for the exploitation of marine biological resources.

This Special Issue will cover aspects of the genetic, reproduction and development of marine animals, e.g., population genetics, genomes, transcriptome, genes, reproduction and development, etc. We will assemble both conceptual reviews and case studies that expand our knowledge on the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying the adaptive evolution of marine animals.

Dr. Bingjian Liu
Dr. Yifan Liu
Guest Editors

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• population genetics
• genomes
• transcriptome
• genes
• reproduction
• development
• adaptation evolution
• marine animals
• biodiversity