SECTION	SCOPE
Animal genetics	Animal models of disease Behavioural genetics Cloning Epigenetics Knockouts Transgenic models
Behavioural ecology	Cognition & learning Communication Cooperation & conflict Foraging Habitat selection Interspecific interactions Parenting Sexual selection Social organisation
Bioinformatics	Algorithms Comparative genomics Computational genomics Databases Linkage analysis Statistics of sequence comparison Structural biology
Developmental evolution	Evolution of regulatory pathways Gene evolution/mutation Microevolution Palaeontology Phylogeny/body plans Plant genomes & evolution
Developmental molecular mechanisms	Gene networks (co-ordination of multiple processes) Post-transcriptional control pathways Post-translational control pathways Signalling pathways Transcriptional control pathways
Evolutionary ecology	Adaptation, speciation & extinction Adaptive evolution & behaviour Coevolution Functional genomics Life history evolution Maintenance of genetic & phenotypic variation Palaeontology/past environments Parallel cladogenesis Parental investment & matriliny Phylogenetics
Evolutionary/comparative genetics	Comparative evolutionary genomics Evolution of genetic systems Evolutionary genetics Evolutionary genetics of phenotype Phylogenetics & taxonomy Population genetics Quantitative evolutionary genetics & QTL mapping Speciation
Genomics	Computational analysis Expression analysis General genomics expertise High-throughput genome technology Mapping and sequencing Proteomics
Medical genetics	Complex & simple gene mapping Gene therapy Genetic basis of diseases Pre-/post-natal diagnosis
Microbial evolution & genomics	Bacterial comparative genomics Evolution Genetic/phenotypic diversity of bacteria, parasites & fungi Microbial genetics Phylogeny Virus evolution
Morphogenesis & cell biology	Adhesion/cell matrix Aging/progression through life cycle Apoptosis Cell biology of organogenesis Cell cycle/growth control Cell differentiation Cell migration Cytoskeleton & cell polarity Fertilization Gastrulation Polarity-planar polarity Wound healing
Nuclear structure & function	Centromeres Chromatin DNA repair DNA replication Higher order chromosome structure Mutation Nucleolus & nuclear bodies Recombination
Pattern formation	Axis formation Cell fate specification Development of asymmetry Gametogenesis Growth Induction Limb patterning Metamorphosis Morphogens Neural & muscle patterning Organogenesis Segmentation Stem cells, regeneration
Plant genetics & gene expression	Chromatin Chromosomes, including telomeres, centromeres & cytogenetics Genetics: mapping, meiotic segregation, population genetics, & QTL mapping RNA turnover Silencing & epigenetics Splicing Transcription factors Translation regulation
Plant genomes & evolution	Evolution of developmental genes & morphology Genome evolution Genomics Organelle genomes Phylogeny of genes Phylogeny of taxa Transposons

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