Heredity (journal)
Encyclopedia
Heredity is a scientific journal
concerned with heredity
in a biological sense, i.e. genetics
. It was founded by R.A. Fisher
and C. D. Darlington
in 1947. It is the official journal of The Genetics Society
.
From 1996 the publishing was taken over by Nature Publishing Group
(who also publish Nature Genetics
).
The Journal of Heredity
is an entirely distinct publication. It was founded in 1903 and is currently published by the Oxford University Press
.
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
concerned with heredity
Heredity
Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring . This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause some species to evolve...
in a biological sense, i.e. genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
. It was founded by R.A. Fisher
Ronald Fisher
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS was an English statistician, evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and geneticist. Among other things, Fisher is well known for his contributions to statistics by creating Fisher's exact test and Fisher's equation...
and C. D. Darlington
C. D. Darlington
Cyril Dean Darlington FRS was an English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover, its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolution.-Early life:...
in 1947. It is the official journal of The Genetics Society
The Genetics Society
The Genetics Society is a British learned society. It was founded by William Bateson in 1919 and therefore is one of the oldest learned societies devoted to genetics....
.
From 1996 the publishing was taken over by Nature Publishing Group
Nature Publishing Group
Nature Publishing Group is an international publishing company that publishes academic journals, online databases, and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine...
(who also publish Nature Genetics
Nature Genetics
Nature Genetics is a scientific journal concerning genetics. It is published by Nature Publishing Group, and was founded as part of the Nature family of journal in 1992. The 2010 impact factor is 36.377. Its sister journal is Nature Reviews Genetics.- External links :*...
).
The Journal of Heredity
Journal of Heredity
The Journal of Heredity is a scientific journal concerned with heredity in a biological sense, i.e. genetics...
is an entirely distinct publication. It was founded in 1903 and is currently published by the Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
.