Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics
A section of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Section Information
The section “Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics” is focused on new insights into insect biology from studies employing molecular sequence data, from genes up to genomes. The emphasis is on advances in our understanding of the molecular functions of the full spectrum of genomic elements, including protein-coding genes, noncoding RNA genes, transposable elements, and regulatory elements. The tools used to learn about biological functions range from transcriptomics to RNA interference, population genetics, and other molecular biology and genomics techniques aiming to characterise insect genes and genomes. Manuscripts with more of an emphasis on understanding the evolutionary histories of species, even if using genomics data, would be better suited to the section Insect Systematics, Phylogeny and Evolution.
Keywords
- genes and gene families
- gene expression and function
- functional genomics and proteomics
- protein function, localisation, and interactions
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Insect Immunogenomics (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Insect Transcriptomics (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Insect Molecular Biology: From Bioinformatics to Pest Management Applications (Deadline: 15 August 2026)
- New Insights into Molecular Mechanism of Insect–Virus Interaction (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- RNAi in Insect Physiology—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 December 2026)
- Genome Editing and Synthetic Biology in Insects (Deadline: 20 December 2026)
