Over the last 100 years, the Journal of Heredity has established and maintained a tradition of scholarly excellence in the publication of genetics research. Virtually every major figure in the field has contributed to the journal.
Established in 1903, Journal of Heredity covers organismal genetics across a wide range of disciplines and taxa. Articles include such rapidly advancing fields as conservation genetics of endangered species, population structure and phylogeography, molecular evolution and speciation, molecular genetics of disease resistance in plants and animals, genetic biodiversity and relevant computer programs.

Editor-In-Chief
William Murphy
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Texas A&M University
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Managing Editor
Anjanette Baker
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American Genetic Association
Editorial Board
Kimberly R Andrews
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University of Idaho, USA
Ernest Bailey
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University of Kentucky, USA
C. Scott Baker
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Oregon State University
Warren Booth
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University of Tulsa, USA
Anne Bronikowski
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Iowa State University, USA
C. Titus Brown
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University of California, Davis, USA
Mark A. Chapman
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University of Southampton, UK
Melanie Culver
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University of Arizona, USA
Kira Delmore
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Texas A&M University, USA
Lynda Delph
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Indiana University, USA
Eduardo Eizirik
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PUCRS, Brazil
Robert C. Fleischer
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA
Ryan Garrick
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University of Mississippi, USA
W. Stewart Grant
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Alaska Department of Fish & Game, USA
Scott Hodges
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University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Tomas Hrbek
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Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil
Jennifer A Jackson
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British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Warren E. Johnson
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA
Denis Larkin
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University of London, UK
Jose V. Lopez
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Nova Southeastern University, USA
Shu-Jin Luo
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Peking University, China
Sean Mullen
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Boston University, USA
Taras Oleksyk
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University of Puerto Rico, USA
Kenneth Olsen
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Washington University, USA
Elaine Ostrander
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National Institutes of Health, USA
Jill Pecon-Slattery
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA
Floyd A. Reed
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University of Hawaii, USA
Alfred Roca
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Oliver Ryder
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San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research, USA
Christopher Seabury
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Texas A&M University, USA
Brad Shaffer
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Beth Shapiro
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University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
William Sherwin
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University of New South Wales, Australia
Christopher I. Smith
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Willamette University, USA
Mark Springer
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University of California, Riverside, USA
John R. Stommel
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US Department Of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Station, USA
Bridgett vonHoldt
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Princeton University, USA
Robert Wayne
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Melissa Wilson
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Arizona State University, USA
Xuhua Xia
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University of Ottawa, Canada
Review Editors
Fred Allendorf
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University of Montana, USA, USA
Therese Markow
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University of California, San Diego, USA
Robin Waples
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Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, USA