Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis publishes original research articles on environmental mutagenesis. It will publish manuscripts in the six general areas of mechanisms of mutagenesis; genomics; DNA damage; replication, recombination, and repair; public health; and DNA technology. Subsumed under these six general areas are subject matters that are appropriate for inclusion in EMM.

Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

• spontaneous and induced mutation in indigenous and transgene systems
• genomic instability
• mutation rates
• the consequence of mutation on fitness and evolution of organisms

Genomics

• molecular epidemiology
• genetic susceptibility
• gene expression
• biomarkers
• small genomes and comparative genomics

DNA Damage

• Indentification, detection, characterization, and quantification of DNA damage
• metabolism of chemicals into DNA-damaging agents

Replication, Recombination, and Repair

• genetic and biochemical mechanisms
• genetic and infectious disease
• insertions, deletions, rearrangements, aneuploidy

Public Health

• Issues impacting basic human health such as cancer, genetic disease, aging, or acute and chronic disease
• methodologies that will lead to better methods to determine risk and help to define regulatory policy

DNA Technology

• DNA microarrays, differential dispaly, and mutation detection analysis
• novel sequencing strategies
• bioimaging techniques
• bioinformatics and functional genomics

The study of environmental mutagenesis is a multidisciplinary activity. The journal is intended for investigators in such fields as genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, basic cancer research, radiation biology, and toxicology. It should as well be of interest to a wide audience of scientists in other areas of biology, chemistry, and medicine that are engaged in public health research or in formulating public health policy.