GENETICS is a peer–reviewed, peer–edited journal that publishes high–quality, original research on genetics and genomics. As journal of the Genetics Society of America, GENETICS is constantly innovating. In addition to high–quality research articles, it's content include Reviews, Perspectives (historical explorations in the field of genetics), and Primers (to introduce primary literature into the classroom)—plus the organism–focused review collections. The journal also published thematic collections that include Genomic Prediction, Fungal Genetics & Genomics, and Neurogenetics.

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