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Genome Biol Evol
Genome Biol Evol
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Genome Biology and Evolution
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Oxford University Press UK

10.1093/gbe/evae187
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Highlight: 40th Anniversary Virtual Issues: Epigenetics and Evolution
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McGrath Casey L
Eyre-Walker Adam Editor
Katz Laura A Editor
Corresponding author: E-mail: mcgrath.casey@gmail.com.
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2024.
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pmcTo celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution, the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) journals are publishing a series of virtual issues in 2024. These virtual issues contain selected papers published in the society's journals, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution. Each virtual issue is accompanied by a Perspective that highlights the historic and contemporary contributions of our journals to a specific topic in molecular evolution.

September's Perspective, titled “Epigenetics Research in Evolutionary Biology: Perspectives on Timescales and Mechanisms” appears in Molecular Biology and Evolution and was written by Soojin Yi. The accompanying virtual issues—one for Molecular Biology and Evolution and one for Genome Biology and Evolution—include noteworthy papers on Epigenetics and Evolution published in the two journals and can be found at SMBE's 40th anniversary site.
