BMC Ecology and Evolution welcomes submissions of experimental, mathematical and conceptual articles applying the knowledge, methods and concepts of evolution and ecology to help further our understanding of cancer and its management. The Collection will consider manuscripts using evolutionary biology and ecology principles to:
• Understand the natural history of the disease
• Analyse and integrate the multilevel evolutionary processes and selection pressures
• Identify the knowns and unknowns when mapping cellular (epi)genotypes to clinical phenotypes
• Study tumour microenvironments
• Infer (epi)genetic cellular branching processes resulting in distinct cancer cell lineages
• Study transmissible and infectious cancers
• Study molecular and cellular competition, cooperation and conflict
• Study the emergence and spread of therapeutic resistance
• Study the role of stochasticity and molecular-cellular noise in the establishment and evolution of the disease
Given the interdisciplinary nature of this topic, the collection is a collaboration between the journals BMC Ecology and Evolution and Medical Oncology. The aim is to foster crosstalk between eco-evolutionary and oncology perspectives to advance our understanding of cancer.
If you are unsure which journal has the best scope for your manuscript, please contact the Editors:
Dr. Jennifer Harman <jennifer.harman@springernature.com>
Prof. Kenneth James Pienta <via Vicky.brewis@springernature.com>
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