Genetics Society of America
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| Membership | GSA Journals |
| Career Development | Community Resources |
| Genome Reports at G3 | FAQs |
Become part of GSA.
The Genetics Society of America is an international community of scientists who use the tools of genetics and genomics in our research.
Around half of our members are students and postdocs from more than 50 countries. These scientists hail from a wide range of disciplines— including cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, neuroscience, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, and more.
GSA’s mission is to advance biological research by supporting professional development of scientists, communicating scientific advancements and fostering collaboration, and advocating for science and scientists. GSA achieves this through its various programming, most notably conferences focused on model organisms, and two peer-reviewed journals, GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.
Publish with the GSA Journals.
The GSA Journals are peer-reviewed, peer-edited, and published in partnership with Oxford University Press.
GENETICS publishes high-quality genetics and genomics research that expands scientific boundaries—we’ve been building the field since 1916. With its broad readership, rich history, and responsive editors, GENETICS brings the latest in publishing innovations to the communities it serves.
Why Publish in GENETICS
Get your useful data out into the world by publishing in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. G3 publishes high-quality foundational research, particularly studies that generate useful genetic information, such as mutant screens, genome sequence data, GWAS and QTL studies, software, data resources, and new methods.
Why Publish in G3Develop your skills.
GSA helps scientists develop their skills and achieve their career goals. We design programs and initiatives to provide experience, training, mentorship, and community.
Early Career Leadership Program
Develop your skills, join a thriving network, and demonstrate your abilities by participating in the GSA’s Early Career Leadership Program! In this online program, participants work in teams to propose, develop, and implement initiatives that address unmet needs for the early career scientist community. Participants have the opportunity to work on their writing skills, which includes the option to take a writing workshop tailored for the needs of early career scientists. Early career leaders complete the program with new skills, a network of peers and mentors, and concrete deliverables that demonstrate their abilities.
Applications will reopen in Fall 2024.
Peer Review Training Program
Get real-world peer review training and experience by participating in this innovative program! Peer reviewers are vital to science. Yet early career scientists in our field rarely receive formal training in how to be a good reviewer. GSA and the GSA Journals are addressing this gap with a program that gives early career members real-world peer review experience. Participants will receive online training and advice from GENETICS and G3 editors as they become reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the journal. Early career scientists from anywhere in the world are encouraged to apply. We particularly welcome applications from members who lack opportunities to receive peer review training in their home labs or departments.
Senior graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists within 7-years of having earned their PhD are invited to apply. Applicants should have published at least one peer-reviewed manuscript, preferably as the first author.
Participants will review for both GENETICS and G3. Applications will open in Fall 2024.
Celebrate community resources.
Genetics and genomics help connect biological findings across the tree of life, and research organisms are a key piece of the puzzle. When working in flies, worms, maize, yeast, fish, frogs, and more, researchers benefit greatly from community resources like databases, knowledgebases, and stock centers. Unfortunately, funding for these community resources isn’t a given. Citing them appropriately any time you use them in the course of your research is hugely important in making the case for their support. Each database and knowledgebase has citation guidelines on their website; for example, the Gene Ontology Consortium requests citation of the original paper describing the resource and the most recent update whenever authors use GO to perform gene set enrichment analysis.
Community spirit is an important facet of GSA’s mission, and we encourage our members to practice excellent stewardship of community resources!
Explore Genome Reports at G3.
G3 launched the Genome Report article type in 2016 to allow for the rapid review and publication of genomic data—and we’ve published over 300 since then! We’re proud to fill a community need and to help authors share their high-quality sequencing data.
Since the journal was launched to serve the community, the G3 Editorial Board is committed to making the Genome Reports experience top-notch for authors; the editors have spent the last year enhancing the Genome Reports review process, ensuring that it is in step with technological advances and prioritizing fairness, balance, and a streamlined experience.
G3 now has a dedicated team of Editors who oversee peer review of Genome Reports. Genome Reports Senior Editor Noah Whiteman outlines the new, structured peer review process in his editorial from December 2023:
Genome reports: enhancing rigor, reproducibility, and relevance
“As the Senior Editor for Genome Reports at G3: Genes|Genomes| Genetics, I write to share some exciting news and to request that you spread the word. G3’s Genome Reports are the Genetics Society of America’s primary venue for publishing peer-reviewed manuscripts that share high-quality genome assemblies, descriptions of diversity panels, and related genome analyses for eukaryotic organisms. We welcome submissions for important cell lines and collections/populations for understanding genetic diversity in all organisms.”
Read more at G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.
Animalia
Adaptation
- High-quality genome of the zoophytophagous stink bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, informs their food habit adaptation
- Genome assemblies of two species of porcelain crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes and Petrolisthes manimaculis (Anomura: Porcellanidae)
- Genome Report: Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly of the West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae)
- Chromosome-level genome assembly of the European Green woodpecker Picus viridis
- A comparative analysis reveals the genomic diversity among eight Muscovy duck populations
- Astyanax mexicanus surface and cavefish chromosome-scale assemblies for trait variation discovery
- A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus
- A chromosome-level genome assembly of the disco clam, Ctenoides ales
- Revealing the evolutionary history and contemporary population structure of Pacific salmon in the Fraser River through genome resequencing
Breeding
- Astyanax mexicanus surface and cavefish chromosome-scale assemblies for trait variation discovery
- A robust genome assembly with transcriptomic data from the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus
- A chromosome-level genome assembly of the disco clam, Ctenoides ales
- Revealing the evolutionary history and contemporary population structure of Pacific salmon in the Fraser River through genome resequencing
- Genomic resources of two aquatic Lepidoptera, Elophila obliteralis and Hyposmocoma kahamanoa, reveal similarities with Trichoptera in amino acid composition of major silk genes
- A chromosome-level reference genome assembly and a full-length transcriptome assembly of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
- Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the Hunt bumble bee, Bombus huntii Greene, 1860, a species of agricultural interest
Fungi
Interactions
- Strain-specific evolution and host-specific regulation of transposable elements in the model plant symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis
- Whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomics analyses of the medicinal fungus Sanguinoderma infundibulare in Ganodermataceae
- The genome of Salmacisia buchloëana, the parasitic puppetmaster pulling strings of sexual phenotypic monstrosities in buffalograss
- A chromosome-level genome assembly of Zasmidium syzygii isolated from banana leaves
- Revealing the genome of the microsporidian Vairimorpha bombi, a potential driver of bumble bee declines in North America
- Chromosome-level phased genome assembly of ‘Antonovka’ identified candidate apple scab resistance genes highly homologous to HcrVf2 and HcrVf1 on linkage group 1
Plantae
Breeding
- The reference genome and abiotic stress responses of the model perennial grass Brachypodium sylvaticum
- Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Navel orange cv. Gannanzao (Citrus sinensis Osbeck cv. Gannanzao)
- Genome Report: Chromosome-level genome of the transformable northern wattle, Acacia crassicarpa
- A de novo genome assembly of Solanum bulbocastanum Dun., a Mexican diploid species reproductively isolated from the A-genome species, including cultivated potatoes
- Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis of Soybean Diversity Across Different Countries and Selection Signature of Korean Soybean Accession
- Nematode-resistance loci in Upland cotton genomes are associated with structural differences
- Chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of the tetraploid potato cultivar Diacol Capiro adapted to the Andean region
- First draft reference genome and annotation of the alternative oil species Physaria fendleri
- Chromosome-scale Elaeis guineensis and E. oleifera assemblies: Comparative genomics of oil palm and other Arecaceae
- The pattern of genetic variability in a core collection of 2,021 cowpea accessions
- Conserving a threatened North American walnut: a chromosome-scale reference genome for butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- Unveiling the evolutionary history of lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) through genome sequencing and assembly of European and North American subspecies
- Assembly and annotation of the black spruce genome provide insights on spruce phylogeny and evolution of stress response
- Conserving a threatened North American walnut: a chromosome-scale reference genome for butternut (Juglans cinerea)
- A chromosome-scale assembly for ‘d’Anjou’ pear
- A Haplotype-resolved, Chromosome-scale Genome for Malus domestica Borkh. ‘WA 38’
- The genome of the Arctic snow-alga Limnomonas spitsbergensis (Chlamydomonadales)
- The reference genome of an endangered Asteraceae, Deinandra increscens subsp. villosa, endemic to the Central Coast of California
- Genome Report: First reference genome of Vaccinium floribundum Kunth, an emblematic Andean species
- Snow alga Sanguina aurantia as revealed through de novo genome assembly and annotation
- Genomic diversity and evolution in the Hawaiian Islands endemic Kokia (Malvaceae)
- Genome assembly of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. provides insights into metabolisms of medicinal natural products
- The Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa (GINA) Germplasm collection: a unique genetic resource for breeding and gene discovery
- The chromosome-scale genome and the genetic resistance machinery against insect herbivores of the Mexican Toloache, Datura stramonium