Genomics and Applied Biology (ISSN 1925-1602) is an open access and peer reviewed journal published online by biosciPublisher. The journal is committed to publishing and disseminating all the latest and outstanding research articles, letters and reviews in all areas of Genomics and Applied Biology. The range of topics including genomic structure and function, evolutionary and comparative genomics, genomics and bioinformatics, gene expression and its function identification, nutrigenomics and application technology of applied biology based on genomics and other topical advisory subjects.

Genomics and Applied Biology is archived in Library and Archive Canada and deposited in CrossRef. The Journal has been indexed by ProQuest as well.

Genomics and Applied Biology is published online by the biosciPublisher, an independent publishing platform in life science based British Columbia of Canada. The biosciPublisher applies the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL) to all works published in this journal. Under the terms of CCAL, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article and have granted to any third party to reuse, reprint, disseminate and unlimited download, provided the original authors and source are right cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers.

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