Plant Genetics, Evolution, Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics for Biodiversity Conservation
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 518
Special Issue Editors
Interests: apomixis; plant genetic systems; plant evolutionary genetics; plant genetic resources; plant genomic analysis; plant molecular genetics; plant reproduction; forage grass improvement; polyploidy
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Interests: polyploidy; genetic systems; plant fertility; plant meiotic behavior; plant hybridization; plant evolutionary genetics; plant genetic resource characterization; plant genetics; apomixis; plant reproduction
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Interests: polyploidy; genetic systems; apomixis; selfing; Poaceae
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant biodiversity is now experiencing new threats and challenges to survival, driven by the loss of natural habitats and exacerbated by climate change and other human-caused stressors of the 21st century. Understanding the genetic, evolutionary, and cytogenetic bases of plant diversity calls for effective conservation strategies. Generally, chromosomal variation may involve polyploidy, aneuploidy, and structural rearrangements, yet it remains one of the key, albeit unobtrusive, features in the process of plant evolution, adaptive change, and new species formation. Such changes in the genome may affect the mode of reproduction, fertility, and gene expression of a population, eventually influencing its ability to persist and adapt.
This Special Issue will consolidate existing information and outline new frontiers within the area of genetics, evolution, cytogenetics, and cytogenomics with respect to their role in plant conservation. We welcome papers on a variety of topics that include, but are not limited to, the following: assessments of genetic and cytogenetic diversity; population genetic structure; gene flow and connectivity; local adaptation; genomics of conservation; conservation of rare and threatened species; restoration genetics; germplasm management; impacts of hybridization and introgression; the role of polyploidy and chromosomal rearrangement; FISH and GISH applications; chromatin organization; dynamics of transposable elements; and evolution of genome size. We especially welcome submissions that take multi-method approaches and outline the implications of genomic variation for plant conservation in a rapidly changing world.
This topic will thus be an important resource for researchers, conservation biologists, and policy makers interested in the protection of plant biodiversity.
Dr. Eric Javier Martínez
Dr. Ana Isabel Honfi
Guest Editors
Dr. Anna Reutemann
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- plant conservation
- cytogenetics
- cytogenomics
- plant evolution
- population genetics
- genome evolution
- chromosomal variation
- polyploidy
- biodiversity
- genomic resources
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