Russian Journal of Genetics is an international peer-reviewed journal intended to make significant contribution to the development of genetics. The journal publishes reviews and experimental papers in the areas of theoretical and applied genetics. It presents fundamental research on genetic processes at molecular, cell, organism, and population levels, including problems of the conservation and rational management of genetic resources and the functional genomics, evolutionary genomics and medical genetics. The journal welcomes manuscripts from all countries.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Nikolay K. Yankovsky
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Alexei P. Ryskov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Gene Biology RAS, Moscow, Russia
Serikbay K. Abilev
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
COORDINATING EDITOR
Sergey A. Bruskin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Alexander M. Boronin
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of microorganisms RAS, Pushchino, Russia
Tatiana A. Ezhova
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Evgenii K. Ginter
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Research Center for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir A. Gvozdev
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Molecular Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
Sergey G. Inge-Vechtomov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Marina V. Kholodova
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia
Elza K. Khusnutdinova
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute of Boichemenstry and Genetics Ufa Scientific Center RAS, Ufa, Russia
Alexander M. Kudryavtsev
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
Nikolay A. Kolchanov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Federal Scientific Center Institute of Citology and Genetics RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Lyudmila A. Lutova
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Alexander S. Mironov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
Dmitrii V. Politov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
Valery P. Puzyrev
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk, Russia
Nikolay B. Rubtsov
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Federal Scientific Center Institute of Citology and Genetics RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Andrey Yu. Rzhetsky
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Andrey V. Vasiliev
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Ilia A. Zakharov-Gezekhus
Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow, Russia
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
V.G. Debabov (Moscow, Russia), Yu. Dubrova (Leicester, UK), A.V. Kilchevsky (Minsk, Belarus), S.V. Kostrov (Moscow, Russia), K. Krutovsky (Gottingen, Germany), K.G. Skryabin (Moscow, Russia), S.V. Shestakov (Moscow, Russia), V.K. Shumny (Novosibirsk, Russia), I.A. Tikhonovich (St. Petersburg, Russia), and J.D. Watson (Cold Spring Harbor, USA)
STAFF EDITOR
Elena V. Tikhomirova