MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Molecular Ecology publishes papers that utilize molecular genetic techniques to address consequential questions in ecology, evolution, behaviour and conservation. Studies may employ neutral markers for inference about ecological and evolutionary processes or examine ecologically important genes and their products. We also publish articles on technical methods, computer programs and genomic resource development in our companion journal, Molecular Ecology Resources. However, papers that are primarily descriptive and relevant only to the taxon being studied should be submitted to a more specialized journal. Research areas of interest to Molecular Ecology include:ecological, evolutionary, and population genomics population structure and phylogeographylandscape genomicscommunity ecology and coevolutionreproductive strategiesrelatedness and kin selectionsex allocationpopulation genetic theoryanalytical methods developmentconservation geneticsspeciation and hybridizationmicrobial biodiversityevolutionary dynamics of QTLsecological interactionsmolecular adaptation and environmental genomicsimpact of genetically modified organisms

分子生态学发表论文，利用分子遗传学技术来解决生态学、进化、行为和保护方面的重要问题。研究可使用中性标记推断生态和进化过程，或检查生态上重要的基因及其产物。我们还在我们的伙伴期刊《分子生态资源》上发表关于技术方法、计算机程序和基因组资源开发的文章。然而，主要是描述性的和只与正在研究的分类单元相关的论文应该提交给更专业的期刊。分子生态学的研究领域包括:生态、进化和种群基因组学人口结构与系统地理学环境基因组学群落生态学与共同进化生殖策略亲缘关系和亲缘选择性分配人口的遗传理论分析方法开发保护遗传学物种形成和杂交微生物生物多样性qtl的演化动力学生态相互作用分子适应与环境基因组学转基因生物的影响