Genetics Selection Evolution has recently joined the growing number of journals opting to transfer to BioMed Central’s open access platform. In the inaugural Editorial that opens the journal’s forty-first year of publication, Executive Editor Helene Hayes reflects on the collective sentiment of the journal’s Editors, explaining: “Converting GSE to open access to provide an online journal freely accessible to all readers without charge is an opportunity we did not want to miss.”

Overseen by Editor-in-Chief Didier Boichard, Genetics Selection Evolution presents original research that will aid understanding of the genetics and selective mechanisms in farm and experimental animals.

The journal invites basic, applied and methodological content and publishes results from all levels of study, from the gene to the quantitative trait, from the individual to the population, breed or species, and welcomes material concerning both biological as well as mathematical approaches.

More details about Genetics Selection Evolution, including the instructions for authors, are available from the information page.