Resurrection of Hereditas, a journal with almost 100 years of tradition

For those who followed the fate of Hereditas in the last months may have noticed that the journal terminated its activity by the end of 2014. I am extremely happy to announce that Hereditas is alive again and as a result of this resurrection, I write this Editorial. I must admit that around 8 months ago, I wrote a similar Editorial for the last issue of Hereditas under the wings of the previous publisher, Wiley. At that time, the letter was written in a rather melancholic mood, as the tradition of one of the oldest journals in the world dealing with genetics seemed to come to an end. We should keep in mind that Hereditas was founded in 1920 and was thus pretty close to celebrating its 100 anniversary. For this reason, we, the Editors, as well as the owner of Hereditas, the Mendelian Society in Lund, are more than delighted to have found BioMed Central as the new partner for continuing our activities and we are looking forward again to serving the scientific community under the new wings of BioMed Central.