From the days when Mendel studied peas in his monastery garden, to Darwin’s eye-opening journey on the HMS Beagle; from Fisher’s mathematical reconciliation of the Darwinian and Mendelian perspectives, to Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, and the present era of megascale genomics projects; the field of genetics has progressed from obscurity, to heresy, to arcane science, to the province of highly specialized scientists and science fiction writers, to being intricately woven into every aspect of modern biomedicine.
All specialty sections of Frontiers in Genetics are open-access and aim to publish leading-edge research, reviews, opinions, and commentaries across the full spectrum of genetic and genomic inquiry, from the most basic to the most applied; across all branches of the tree of life; embracing methodology, applications, and implications. Too often, intellectual sub-fields remain fragmented and miss out on the cross-fertilization and hybrid vigor for which any geneticist would wish.