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Molecular Genetics

Molecular genetics is the field that investigates the structure, function, regulation, and evolution of genes at the level of DNA, RNA, and protein, seeking to explain how genetic information is stored, expressed, and transmitted. It examines how genes interact with one another and with the environment to produce tr…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 8 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 21× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2575-7881 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Molecular genetics is the field that investigates the structure, function, regulation, and evolution of genes at the level of DNA, RNA, and protein, seeking to explain how genetic information is stored, expressed, and transmitted. It examines how genes interact with one another and with the environment to produce traits, how molecular mechanisms generate variation within and between species, and how this knowledge can be applied to diagnosis and therapy. Characterization of individual genes and their products is a core activity, illustrated by detailed molecular, cellular, and evolutionary analysis of proteins such as RBM45, while comparative and phylogenetic study connects molecular genetics to questions of speciation, ontogeny, and the developmental control of organisms. The discipline supplies the experimental and computational toolkit for modern biomedicine, including proteomic and genomic techniques used in cancer research, diagnostics, and personalized medicine, and it informs the histologic, genetic, and molecular understanding of tumor pathogenesis and progression, as in meningioma, as well as the molecular features of other malignancies. Applications extend to plant science, where molecular approaches enable precision in genetics and breeding, and to systems-level and biomathematical modeling of cellular processes. By linking gene sequence and regulation to phenotype and disease, molecular genetics underpins both fundamental biological understanding and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

Research published in this journal

8 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Ontogenes and the Problem of Speciation

F Chadov BorisCorresponding author
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
Exact topic Evolutionary Science Cited by 15 doi:10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-18-2431

How this research is being cited

The 8 articles above have been cited 21 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Molecular Genetics, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in DNA And RNA Research (ISSN 2575-7881).

Journal editorial board
jianhui zhang · United States Masayoshi Yamaguchi · United States Li Mao · United States

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