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Molecular Cytogenetics encompasses all aspects of chromosome biology and the application of molecular cytogenetic techniques in all areas of biology and medicine, including structural and functional organization of the chromosome and nucleus, genome variation, expression and evolution, chromosome abnormalities and genomic variations in medical genetics and tumor genetics.  The journal is divided into the following sections:
Cancer genetics
Clinical genetics
Animals and plants
Mutagenesis
Nuclear and chromosome architecture
Technology and methods

Research
Case report
Review
Methodology
Short report
Hypothesis
Commentary
Letter to the Editor

Editors-in-Chief
Thomas Liehr, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany 
Henry Heng, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA 

Founding Editor
Yuri Yurov, National Research Center of Mental Health, Moscow, Russia
Managing and Section Editor - Medical Genetics
Ivan Iourov, National Research Center of Mental Health, Moscow, Russia
Section Editor - Tumour Genetics
Aurelia Meloni-Ehrig, CSI Laboratories, USA
Editorial Board
Mona Abozeid, National Research Centre, Egypt
Dilek Aktas, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Turkey 
Gilda Alves, Brazilian National Institute of Cancer (INCA), Brazil 
Rouben Aroutiounian, Yerevan State University, Armenia 
Vanja Bugarski-Stanojevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Joern Bullerdiek, University of Bremen, Germany 
Isabel Carreira, University of Coimbra, Portugal 
Arunrat Chaveerach, Khon Kaen University, Thailand 
Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil 
Peter Duesberg, University of California, Berkeley, USA 
Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Ad Geurts van Kessel, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Netherlands 
Gordana Joksik, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Serbia
Yi Ning, Johns Hopkins University, USA 
Beata Nowakowska, Instytut Matki i Dziecka, Poland 
Caroline Mackie Ogilvie, Guys & St Thomas Hospital Trust, United Kingdom 
Michael Petersen, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark 
Martina Rinčić, University of Zagreb, Croatia 
Laura Rodriguez, HM Hospitales, Laboratorio AbaCid, Spain 
Nikolai Rubtsov, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russia 
Heather Sanders, Quest Diagnostics, USA 
Frenny Sheth, FRIGE's Institute of Human Genetics, India 
Wafa Slimani, Laboratory of Human Cytogenetics, Tunisia
Jeremy Squire, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 
Pawel Stankiewicz, Baylor College of Medicine, USA 
Vladimir Trifonov, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Russia 
Emanuela Volpi, University of Westminster, United Kingdom 
Svetlana Vorsanova, Institute of Paediatrics and Children Surgery, Russia 
Thomas Wan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Kai Wang, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Heinz-Ulrich Weier, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA 
Jingly Weier, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA 
Fengtang Yang, Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom