Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki is a peer-reviewed, open access, international journal that publishes articles providing novel insights into the major fields of biology.
Topics covered in Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki include, but are not limited to: molecular biology, cytology, genetics, evolutionary biology, morphology, development and differentiation, taxonomy, bioinformatics, physiology, marine biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation.

Research
Book review
Commentary
Hypothesis
Letter to the Editor
Review
Short report

Editor-in-Chief 
Theodore J Abatzopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

Managing Editor
Athanasios D Baxevanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

Associate Editors
Stefanos Sgardelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Alexandra Staikou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

Handling Editors 
Michalis Aivaliotis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chryssanthi Antoniadou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Efthimia Antonopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Georgios Athanasiadis, Aarhus University, Denmark 
Anastasios Chanalaris, Kennedy Institute of Rheymatology, UK
Dimitra Dafou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Margarita Hadzopoulou-Cladaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Eudoxia Hatzivassiliou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ioannis Iliopoulos, University of Crete, Greece
Ilias Kappas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Georgios Komis, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic 
Veiko Lehsten, Lund University, Sweden 
Federico Marrone, University of Palermo, Italy 
Antonios D Mazaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Evangelia Michaloudi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
George Mosialos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Aharon Oren, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Emmanuel Panteris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Nikos Poulakakis, University of Crete, Greece
Gail Schofield, Deakin University, Australia 
Ioannis Tsiripidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

Editorial Board 
Nick Aladin, Zoological Institute RAS, Russia 
Maria Argyropoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Minas Arsenakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Alan John Martin Baker, University of Melbourne, Australia 
John Beardmore, Swansea University, UK
Paolo Casale, University of Rome, Italy 
Chariton Chintiroglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
James Clegg, University of California, Davis, USA 
Brian Colman, York University, UK 
Nikolaos Demopoulos, University of Patras, Greece 
Andreas Drouzas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasios Eleftheriou, Helenic Centre of Marine Research, Greece 
Ray Evert, University of Wisconsin, USA 
Basil Galatis, University of Athens, Greece 
Jean-Pierre Gasc, National Museum of Natural History, France 
Edi Gittenberger, Naturalis, Holland 
Vassilis Goutner, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Werner Greuter, BGBM, Germany 
Graeme C Hays, Swansea University, UK 
Ragnar Kinzelbach, University of Rostock, Germany 
George Koliakos, Medical School, Greece 
Anastasia Kouvatsi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Nikos Kyrpides, Joint Genome Institute, USA
Anastasios Legakis, University of Athens, Greece 
Thomas H MacRae, Dalhousie University, Canada 
Moysis Mylonas, Natural History Museum of Crete, Greece 
Christos Ouzounis, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK 
Vasilis Promponas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus 
John Albert Raven, University of Dundee, UK 
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University, USA 
Harald Schneider, Natural History Museum, UK 
Zacharias Scouras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Patrick Sorgeloos, Ghent University, Belgium 
Georgia Stephanou, University of Patras, Greece 
Konstantinos Stergiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Rachita Sumbria, UCLA, USA 
George Thomopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Brian V Timms, University of New South Wales, Australia 
Costas Triantaphyllidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Kostas Triantis, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, UK 
Ioannis Tsekos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Despina Vokou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Minas Yiangou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Dionisios Youlatos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
Vassilis Zannis, Boston University School of Medicine, USA 
Igor Zhimulev, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Russia
Eleftherios Zouros, University of Crete, Greece