Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

期刊简介：Biochemical Systematics and Ecology is devoted to the publication of original papers and reviews, both submitted and invited, in two subject areas: I) the application of biochemistry to problems relating to systematic biology of organisms (biochemical systematics); II) the role of biochemistry in interactions between organisms or between an organism and its environment (biochemical ecology).In the Biochemical Systematics subject area, comparative studies of the distribution of (secondary) metabolites within a wider taxon (e.g. genus or family) are welcome. Comparative studies, encompassing multiple accessions of each of the taxa within their distribution are particularly encouraged. Welcome are also studies combining classical chemosystematic studies (such as comparative HPLC-MS or GC-MS investigations) with (macro-) molecular phylogenetic studies. Studies that involve the comparative use of compounds to help differentiate among species such as adulterants or substitutes that illustrate the applied use of chemosystematics are welcome. In contrast, studies solely employing macromolecular phylogenetic techniques (gene sequences, RAPD studies etc.) will be considered out of scope. Discouraged are manuscripts that report known or new compounds from a single source taxon without addressing a systematic hypothesis. Also considered out of scope are studies using outdated and hard to reproduce macromolecular techniques such as RAPDs in combination with standard chemosystematic techniques such as GC-FID and GC-MS.

【译文】生化系统学与生态学致力于发表原创论文和综述，包括投稿和邀请的论文，涵盖两个主题领域：I) 将生化应用于与生物系统学相关的生物问题（生化系统学）；II) 生化在生物之间或生物与其环境之间的相互作用中的作用（生化生态学）。在生化系统学领域，欢迎对更广泛分类单元（如属或科）内（次生）代谢物分布的比较研究。特别鼓励涵盖其分布内每个分类单元多个样本的比较研究。欢迎结合经典化学系统学研究（如比较HPLC-MS或GC-MS调查）与（宏观）分子系统发育研究的论文。欢迎使用化合物进行比较，以帮助区分物种，如掺假品或替代品，这些研究展示了化学系统学的应用。相反，仅使用宏分子系统发育技术（基因序列、RAPD研究等）的研究将不被考虑。不鼓励报告已知或新化合物来自单一来源分类单元的论文，而不涉及系统假设。使用过时且难以复制的宏分子技术（如与标准化学系统学技术如GC-FID和GC-MS结合的RAPDs）的研究也将不被考虑。