Evolutionary Genomics at the Human–Environment Interfacein Africa

Abstract

We report on the first meeting of SMBE in Africa. SMBE Malawi was initiated to bring together African and internationalresearchers who use genetics or genomics to study natural systems impacted by human activities. The goals of thisconference were 1) to reach a world-class standard of science with a large number of contributions from Africa, 2) toinitiate exchange between African and international researchers, and 3) to identify challenges and opportunities forevolutionary genomics research in Africa. As repored, we think that we have achieved these goals and make suggestionson the way forward for African evolutionary genomics research.