Mapping Essential Genes and Adaptation Genes Based on Genome Assembly and Annotation of Plants and Animals

Dear Colleagues,

With the advent of whole-genome sequence assembly and annotation, functional genes in many species have been identified and mapped on scaffolds or chromosomes. Thus, the time has arrived to test a hypothesis that I conceptualized in 1990, that essential genes for sustaining the life cycles of organisms are distributed in proximal regions of chromosomes, while genes for adaptation to environmental conditions (biotic and abiotic factors) are situated in distal regions.

To test this hypothesis, manuscripts reporting the chromosomal locations for essential genes and adaptive genes based on whole-genome sequence assembly and annotation are solicitated for the topic collection “Mapping Essential Genes and Adaptation Genes Based on Genome Assembly and Annotation of Plants and Animals.” This type of manuscript involves a lot of informatic analysis rather than experimental work. As accurate genome assembly and annotation are becoming available for more organisms, more manuscripts will be written and submitted to this topic collection. Therefore, there is no submission deadline for manuscripts suitable for this Special Issue.

Dr. Richard R.-C. Wang
Guest Editor

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