《遺傳學年鑒》自1967年出版以來，涵蓋了遺傳學領域的重大發展。這些包括生化、行為、細胞和發育遺傳學;進化和種群遺傳學;染色體結構與傳播;基因功能與表達;突變和修復;基因組學;免疫遺傳學;以及其他與病毒、細菌、真菌、植物和動物(包括人類)的遺傳學有關的話題。

The Annual Review of Genetics, in publication since 1967, covers significant developments in the field of genetics. These include biochemical, behavioral, cell, and developmental genetics; evolutionary and population genetics; chromosome structure and transmission; gene function and expression; mutation and repair; genomics; immunogenetics; and other topics as related to the genetics of viruses, bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals, including humans.