The Chinese garden of genetics——celebrating 40~(th) anniversary of Genetics Society of China

正In 2018,we will celebrate the 40~(th) anniversary of Genetics Society of China(GSC),which was founded in Nanjing,China in October,1978,soon after China adopted an open door policy for reform.One major mission of GSC during its inception was to publish a genetics journal,aiming to provide a window for Chinese geneticists to showcase their new discoveries.In fact,a genetics journal named Acta Genetica Sinica(AGS)had been published since June of 1974(Fig.1).This journal pub-