這是遺傳學領域最古老的英語期刊。 由B.Bateson和R. C. Punnett于1910年創立的遺傳學雜志后來由J. B. S. Haldane編輯; 后來，Haldane和他的妻子Helen Spurway將這本雜志帶到了印度。在他于1964年去世后，Haldane夫人繼續出版該期刊，由Madhav Gadgil和H. Sharat Chandra（印度理工學院班加羅爾）和Suresh Jayakar（Laboratorio de Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica，Pavia）擔任編輯，直至她自己的期刊。 1977年，在Haldane的繼承人的許可下，印度科學院恢復了該期刊的出版。該期刊保留了與遺傳學家相關的進化研究的傳統興趣，即使其本質上不具有明確的遺傳性。

This is the oldest English language journal in genetics. Founded by W. Bateson and R. C. Punnett in 1910, the Journal of Genetics was later edited by J. B. S. Haldane; later, Haldane and his wife, Helen Spurway brought the journal with them to India.After his death in 1964, Mrs. Haldane continued publication of the journal, with Madhav Gadgil and H. Sharat Chandra (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) and Suresh Jayakar (Laboratorio de Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, Pavia) as editors, until her own death in 1977. In 1985, with the permission of Haldane’s heirs, the Indian Academy of Sciences resumed publication of the journal.The journal retains its traditional interest in evolutionary research that is of relevance to geneticists, even if not explicitly genetic in nature.