molecular-biology-and-evolution
Use when targeting Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) or deciding whether a molecular evolution manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molecular-biology-and-evolution --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Molecular Biology and Evolution (molecular-biology-and-evolution) ## Journal positioning Molecular Biology and Evolution is the flagship research journal of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE), published by Oxford University Press. It covers the quantitative study of molecular evolution, population genetics, phylogenetics, and the molecular basis of evolutionary change — emphasizing methodological rigor, inference under explicit evolutionary models, and the integration of genomic data with evolutionary theory. The readership is molecular evolutionists, population geneticists, phylogeneticists, and computational biologists who use sequence data and evolutionary models as primary tools. A paper must deliver either a new method with demonstrated performance advantages or a biological insight derived from rigorous molecular-evolutionary analysis — preferably both. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the MBE Oxford Academic site. ## When to trigger - The author names MBE as the target venue for a molecular evo
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the molecular-biology-and-evolution skill do?
Use when targeting Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) or deciding whether a molecular evolution manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill molecular-biology-and-evolution --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.