Structure and Evolution of Genome

Dear Colleagues,

The present Special Issue of Life is devoted to a relatively new field of science, Evolutionary Genomics. In principle, we welcome all kind of manuscripts related to any question that can be asked about the evolution of genomes. Here are some examples:

• How do genomes, or parts of genomes, change in size during evolution?
• Why do some species have more coding DNA (that is, more genes or longer genes) than other species?
• Why do some species have more non-coding DNA than others?
• Which genes are unique to each species, and which genes are shared with other species?
• How are genes arranged in a genome?
• The evolution and arrangement of splicing enhancers and silencers
• When have genomic changes have occurred?

Prof. Dr. Alexander Bolshoy
Guest Editor

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