Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics

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| title = Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics

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| editor = Elliot R. Kaufman

| discipline = Cell biology, Molecular genetics

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| former_names = Somatic Cell Genetics

| abbreviation = Somat. Cell Mol. Genet.

| publisher = Springer Science+Business Media

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| frequency = Bimonthly

| history = 1975–2002

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| website = https://www.springer.com/biomed/human+genetics/journal/11188

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| OCLC = 10009256

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| CODEN = SCMGDN

| ISSN = 0740-7750

| eISSN = 1572-9931

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Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics was a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the fields of cell biology and molecular genetics.

The journal was established in 1975 as Somatic Cell Genetics. The founding editor-in-chief was Richard L. Davidson (then of the University of Illinois College of Medicine).{{cite journal |title=On the initial issue |first=Richard L. |last=Davidson |date=January 1975 |journal=Somatic Cell Genetics |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1007/BF01538728 }} The journal expanded scope to encompass the increased development of molecular genetics and changed its name to reflect this with the tenth volume January 1984 edition.{{cite journal |journal=Somatic Cell Genetics |first=Richard L. |last=Davidson |date=November 1983 |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=643–644 |title=Editorial |doi=10.1007/BF01539469 }} Davidson was succeeded{{When|date=April 2011}} as editor-in-chief by his colleague, Elliot R. Kaufman.{{cite web |url=http://tigger.uic.edu/~erk/scmg.html |title=Somatic Cell & Molecular Genetics |accessdate=24 April 2011}} The journal was published by Springer group companies: Plenum Press until 1992, then by Kluwer until publication ceased in 2002. Publication frequency was mostly bimonthly.