The ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' is a direct descendant of the oldest biological journal in the world, the ''

Transactions of the Linnean Society The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature colle ...

''. It succeeded the earlier title in 1969. The journal specializes in

evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

, and encompasses work across all taxonomic groups in all five kingdoms of living organisms. It includes all methods, whole-organism or

molecular A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and bio ...

, practical or theoretical. The journal is published by the

Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature coll ...

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* Linnean Society of London Biology journals English-language journals Publications with year of establishment missing {{biology-journal-stub