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Many lizards (Squamata), as well as the tuatara (Rhynchocephalia), are distinguished among vertebrate groups for the presence of the parietal eye, or “third eye”, a structure derived from the pineal complex containing a simplified retina with photoreceptor cells. The parietal eye expresses ...
GBE Collections
Discover a variety of collection pages presenting different topics and impactful research from Genome Biology and Evolution.
Special Sections & Collections
Sex Chromosome Evolution
Continuing our celebration of 40 years of SMBE journals, this virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by GBE that are relevant to Sex Chromosome Evolution.
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Challenges in the Tree of Life
This virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by GBE that are relevant to Challenges in the Tree of Life.
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Epigenetics and Evolution
In another virtual issue in celebration of 40 years of SMBE journals, this virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by GBE that are relevant to Epigenetics and Evolution.
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Genomic Innovations in Extremophiles
In another virtual issue in celebration of 40 years of SMBE journals, this virtual issue contains a selection of papers published by GBE that are relevant to genomic innovations in extremophiles.
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Why Publish in GBE?
GBE is a society-owned journal, published by a not-for-profit organization, and has a generous and inclusive waiver policy for those unable to pay APCs. Read more about why you should submit your next research paper to GBE.
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High-Impact Research Collection
Explore the most read, most cited, and most discussed articles published in Genome Biology and Evolution in recent years and discover what has caught the interest of your peers.
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SMBE 40th Anniversary
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution, we are launching a series of virtual issues in 2024. Each virtual issue will be accompanied by a Perspective that highlights the historic and contemporary contributions of our journals to a specific topic in molecular evolution.
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2023 Reviewer List
GBE would like to acknowledge and thank the following reviewers for their contributions in the period of 1 January – 31 December 2023.
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SMBE Journals' Website
Discover the SMBE journals’ website bringing GBE and MBE together for the first time on a unified platform.
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GBE Metrics
Impact Factor: 3.3 (20 out of 52 in Evolutionary Biology)
5 Year Impact Factor: 3.5
Google h5-index: 48 (9th in Evolutionary Biology)
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
2025 Annual Meeting
Join us at the 2025 Annual Meeting taking place July 20-24, 2025 in Beijing, China.
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About SMBE
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) is an international organization whose goals are to provide facilities for association and communication among molecular evolutionists and to further the goals of molecular evolution, as well as its practitioners and teachers.
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Scientific Society Publisher Alliance
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution is a member of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA), an initiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies.
