Genes | Top Viewed Papers Published in 2023–2024 in the “Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics” Section

The “Population and Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics” Section of Genes (ISSN: 2073-4425) aims to publish studies on genetic diversity and evolutionary processes across all organisms, encompassing topics such as genetic polymorphism, natural selection, phylogenetics, metagenomics, and ancient DNA analysis.

All papers are in an open access format, granting our readers free and unlimited access to the full text of all the articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our top viewed papers published in 2023 and 2024, which are listed below.

1. “Microsatellites as Molecular Markers with Applications in Exploitation and Conservation of Aquatic Animal Populations”
by Roman Wenne
Genes 2023, 14(4), 808; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14040808
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/4/808

2. “Winners and Losers of Atlantification: The Degree of Ocean Warming Affects the Structure of Arctic Microbial Communities”
by Antonia Ahme, Anabel Von Jackowski, Rebecca A. McPherson, Klara K. E. Wolf, Mario Hoppmann, Stefan Neuhaus and Uwe John
Genes 2023, 14(3), 623; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14030623
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/3/623

3. “Population Genomics Reveals the Underlying Structure of the Small Pelagic European Sardine and Suggests Low Connectivity within Macaronesia”
by Rute R. da Fonseca, Paula F. Campos, Alba Rey-Iglesia, Gustavo V. Barroso, Lucie A. Bergeron,
Manuel Nande, Fernando Tuya, Sami Abidli, Montse Pérez, Isabel Riveiro et al.
Genes 2024, 15(2), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15020170
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/15/2/170

4. “Biogeography and Genetic Diversity of Terrestrial Mites in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica”
by Gemma E. Collins, Monica R. Young, Peter Convey, Steven L. Chown, S. Craig Cary, Byron J. Adams, Diana H. Wall and Ian D. Hogg
Genes 2023, 14(3), 606; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14030606
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/3/606

5. “A Multi-Tissue Gene Expression Atlas of Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Reveals Transcriptome Conservation between Buffalo and Cattle”
by Jingfang Si, Dongmei Dai, Kun Li, Lingzhao Fang and Yi Zhang
Genes 2023, 14(4), 890; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14040890
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/4/890

6. “The State of Squamate Genomics: Past, Present, and Future of Genome Research in the Most Speciose Terrestrial Vertebrate Order”
by Simone M. Gable, Jasmine M. Mendez, Nicholas A. Bushroe, Adam Wilson, Michael I. Byars and Marc Tollis
Genes 2023, 14(7), 1387; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14071387
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/7/1387

7. “Revision of the Most Primitive Taxa of the Family Gyrodactylidae (van Beneden et Hesse, 1864) (Platyhelminthes, Monopisthocotyla) Based on ITS rDNA Phylogeny”
by Jakub Janulewicz, Maciej Pietkiewicz and Marek S. Ziętara
Genes 2024, 15(9), 1236; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15091236
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/15/9/1236

8. “Local Genomic Instability of the SpTransformer Gene Family in the Purple Sea Urchin Inferred from BAC Insert Deletions”
by Megan A. Barela Hudgell, Farhana Momtaz, Abiha Jafri, Max A. Alekseyev and L. Courtney Smith
Genes 2024, 15(2), 222; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15020222
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/15/2/222

9. “Decoding Evolution of Rubioideae: Plastomes Reveal Sweet Secrets of Codon Usage, Diagnostides, and Superbarcoding”
by Kamil Ciborowski, Monika Szczecińska, Mateusz Maździarz, Jakub Sawicki and Łukasz Paukszto
Genes 2024, 15(5), 562; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15050562
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/15/5/562

10. “Association between Variants of the TRPV1 Gene and Body Composition in Sub-Saharan Africans”
by Maddalena Giannì, Marco Antinucci, Stefania Bertoncini, Luca Taglioli, Cristina Giuliani, Donata Luiselli, Davide Risso, Elisabetta Marini, Gabriella Morini and Sergio Tofanelli
Genes 2024, 15(6), 752; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15060752
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/15/6/752