Editorial Board

Founding Editor

Francisco A. Moura Duarte (fmduarte@geneticsmr.com )

BSc (1964): Federal University of Minas Gerais; PhD (1968): University of Brasilia. Professor at the University of São Paulo, Founding President (1983) of the Foundation for Scientific Research of Ribeirão Preto, and Founding member (1985) of the Brazilian Society of Science Editors. Editor-in-chief, Genetics and Molecular Biology, for 20 years (1978 to 1998). Founder and Editor-in-chief (2002) of the free access online journal Genetics and Molecular Research. President and Founder (2003), Ribeirão Preto Academy of Sciences. Expertise includes Genetics, Quantitative and Molecular Population Genetics, and Animal Genetics.

Honorary Editor

Pedro Henrique Saldanha (gmr@geneticsmr.com )

Bachelor (1953) and Licentiate (1954) in Natural History: University of Brazil (currently UFRJ). DSc (1959): University of São Paulo. Livre-Docente, Genetics (1965): University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Medical School. Bachelor (1971) and Licentiate (1972) in Psychology: University of São Paulo. Post-doctoral fellow and visiting professor (1960–1961) at the Human Genetics Department, University of Michigan (USA). Professor of Human Genetics (1969) at University of São Paulo Medical School. Professor of Human Genetics (1982) at University of São Paulo Biosciences Institute. Professor Emeritus (2008) at the University of São Paulo Medical School.

Technical Editor

David De Jong (dddjong@gmail.com )

BSc in Biology (1972): Cornell University; Masters (1977) and PhD (1980) in Entomology: Cornell University. Currently assistant professor at the University of São Paulo. Expertise includes Animal Science, with an emphasis on the Ecology and Ethology of Domestic Animals, focusing on the following topics: Apis mellifera, Africanized bee, Varroa jacobsoni, bee pathology, beekeeping, the nutrition of bees, Varroa destructor, and CCD (colony collapse disorder).

Text and Technical Editor

Margareth P. Monteiro de Barros

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

EDITORIAL BOARD

• Albert A. van Zeeland – Leiden, The Netherlands
• Aldo Malavasi – Juazeiro, BA, Brasil
• Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano – Brasília, DF, Brasil
• Alfredo Ruiz – Bellatera, España
• Andrew J. G. Simpson – NY, USA
• Armen K. Nersesyan – Yerevan, Armenia
• A.T. Natarajan – Leiden, The Netherlands
• Bin Zhu – Boston, MA, USA 
• Brian G. Murray – Auckland, New Zealand
• C. Eduardo Vallejos – Gainesville, FL, USA
• Calvin O. Qualset – Davis, CA, USA
• Carlos Salinas – Charleston, SC, USA
• C. Schwartz – SC, USA
• Chella S. David – Minnesota, USA
• Chunyu Wang – Houston, TX, USA 
• Claudio Scazzocchio – Orsay Cedex, France
• Dale Van Vleck – Lincoln, NE, USA
• Daniel Gianola – Madison, WI, USA
• Daniel L. Nickrent – Carbondale, IL, USA
• Dario Grattapaglia – Brasília, DF, Brasil
• David I. Nielsen – Davis, CA, USA
• David Roubik – Logan, Utah, USA
• David V. Glover – West Lafayette, IN, USA
• Deepa Kolaseri Krishnadas – PA, USA
• Digamber S. Borgaonkar – Newark, DE, USA
• Dong Shen, St. Louis, MO, USA
• E. John Pollack – Ithaca, NY, USA
• Ettore Olmo – Ancona, Italy
• Fernando Enrique Madalena – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
• Fields C. Gunsett – Noblesville, IN, USA
• Flávio Vieira Meirelles – Pirassununga, SP, Brasil
• Geraldo Moretto – Blumenau, SC, Brasil
• Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro – São Paulo, SP, Brasil
• Grant Montgomery – Herston, Australia
• Gregory S. May – Houston, TX, USA
• Guenter Obe – Essen, Germany
• Guillermo Thode – Málaga, España
• Howard C. Passmore – New Jersey, USA
• Huabo Wang – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• James R. Chambers – Guelph, Ontario, Canada
• James R. Walker – Austin, Texas, USA
• Janice M. Rumph – Bozeman, MT, USA
• Jesús Cano Péres – Málaga, España
• Jin Liu, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• João Lucio de Azevedo – Piracicaba, SP, Brasil
• João Viola – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
• Joe C. Rutledge – Seattle, Washington, USA
• John A. Lucas – Hertfordshire, UK
• John Ashby – Cheshire, UK
• John M. Opitz – Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• John Peberdy – Nottingham, UK
• John W. Dudley – Urbana, IL, USA
• Jonathan Wendel – Ames, Iowa, USA
• José Cláudio Casali da Rocha – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
• Juan-Ramón Lacadena – Madrid, España
• K.L. Satya-Prakash – Augusta, GA, USA
• Lawrence C. Smith – Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada 
• Leopoldo Ianuzzi – Naples, Italy
• Lisette Gorfinkiel – Montevideo, Uruguay
• L.L. Darrah – Columbia, MO, USA
• Luciana Sola – Roma, Italy
• Marcelo dos Santos Guerra Filho – Recife, PE, Brasil
• Maria João Collares-Pereira – Lisboa, Portugal
• Marina Meixner – Pullman, WA, USA
• Martinho de Almeida e Silva – Viçosa, MG, Brasil
• Mauricio A. Elzo – Gainesville, FL, USA
• M. Cecília T. Penedo – Davis, CA, USA
• Meenu Vikram – College Station, Texas, USA 
• Michael Schmid – Wurzburg, Germany
• Michel Vekemans – Paris, France
• Millor Fernandes do Rosário – Piracicaba, SP, Brasil
• Milton Fuzato – Campinas, SP, Brasil
• Mohammed Rachidi – Tahiti, French Polynesia 
• M. S. Hawbaker – Galena, MD, USA
• Nagib M. A. Nassar – Brasília, DF, Brasil
• Natália F. Martins – Brasília, DF, Brasil
• Nestor O. Bianchi – La Plata, Argentina
• Patrick Berrebi – Montpellier, France
• Petr Ráb – Libechov, Czech Republic
• Piyush Tripathi – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Qiuhong Zhang – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Rafael Elejalde – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Regis Zimmer – Boston, MA, USA
• Reid G. Palmer – Ames, IA, USA
• Rich L. Roehrdanz – Fargo, ND, USA
• Richard A. Deitrich – Denver, CO, USA
• Rod Wing – Texas, USA, Brasil
• Rodger K. Johnson – Lincoln, NE, USA
• Robert J. Tempelman – East Lansing, MI, USA
• Robert Murphey – Davis, CA, USA
• Roberto Giuliani – Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
• Roger Rosenberg – Dallas, TX, USA
• Robin W Groose – Laramie, WY, USA
• Rui Hao – Durham, NC, USA
• Samuel Goldenberg – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
• Satish Pasula – Oklahoma City, OK, USA
• Scott K. Davis – College Station, TX, USA
• Sen Pathak – Houston, TX, USA
• Sérgio Furtado dos Reis – Campinas, SP, Brasil
• Shawn Kaeppler – Madison, WI, USA
• Sheila N. J. Sait – Buffalo, NY, USA
• Srikanta Goswami – Madison, Wisconsin, USA
• Stephen A. Harris – Oxford, England
• Steve Harisson – Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
• Surabhi Kakati – Buffalo, NY, USA
• Tania Maria Araujo D. Zucchi – Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
• Thomas Y. Gan – Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Thomas Gollop – São Paulo, SP, Brasil
• Tiago Maurício Francoy – Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
• W. Mike Howell – Birmigham, AL, USA
• Whenzhi Lan, Berkley, CA, USA
• Wilson R. Maluf – Lavras, MG, Brasil
• Wolf Engels – Tubingen, Germany
• W. S. Sheppard – Pullman, WA, USA
• Xia Yang – Seattle, WA, USA
• Ying Yue – Boston, MA, USA