Genes & Genomics

Instructions for Authors

Aims and Scope Genes & Genomics is a bimonthly journal in genetics and genomics, which aims to disseminate the rapidly developing genetic information to the genetic community. The coverage extends from fundamental to molecular aspects of the heredity. Disciplines include Mendelian transmission genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics and biology, genomics, population genetics, and quantitative genetics. Online Submission of Manuscript All manuscript should be submitted through the journals online submission and peer review system http://www.editorialmanager.com/geng/ All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail. Types of Contributions In principle, the Journal will only accept original research papers, either short communication format or full article format. Review papers are by invitation only, except in cases where prospective authors first contact the Editors to check the suitability of their proposed subject matter. Preparation of Manuscript Manuscript must be written in English, and be doublespaced with wide margins, page numbers. Do not number lines. Start on a separate page each of the following: title page, Abstract, main text (include Introduction, Materials And Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References), figure legends, and Tables. Do not attach Figures in the manuscript. Upload Figures as separate files in JPEG, PDF or TIFF format (see below for detailed guidelines). Organization of Manuscript Title page The title page should list names and addresses for all authors and should indicate the corresponding author. The title should be compact and informative; the organism used in the study should generally be included. Author names should be spelled-out in full, rather than set in initials. If different authors have different affiliations, these should be run together using numerics (e.g., 1, 2, 3,...). Affiliations should contain the following core information: department(s)/subunit(s); institution; city, state/region, postal code; country. The title page also provide a Running title (not to exceed 50 characters and spaces), number of pages, number of figures, number of tables, and the name, mailing address, telephone & fax numbers, and email address of the corresponding author.

Abstract The Abstract should consist of a single paragraph, preferably not longer than 250 words, giving a summary of the subject. Do not cite references in the abstract. A list of Key words (no more than 7 words) must be included below the abstract. This will be compiled for the subject index after completion of each volume. Main text The text should follow the abstract with repagination. Subdivisions of the text including Acknowledgements need not begin on new pages. Only two levels of heads should be used in the text of an article. The first level is "flush-left, bold-face", as in Results. The second level is "flush-left, starting with cap", as in "Fungal strains and growth conditions". When using symbols that are normally italicized, such as binomial names, genotypes, chromosomes and the first three letters of the names of restriction nuclease sites use italic rather than underline (e.g., Drosophila melanogaster, N. crassa, white, HindIII, etc...). Non-standard abbreviations should be introduced by placing the abbreviation in parentheses after the first occurrence of the term being abbreviated. Indicate the desired locations of tables and figures by marginal notes. For a short communication format, the Results and Discussion section should be combined into Results and Discussion. Introduction: The introduction should state the purpose of the research and its relation to other work in the same or related field. Materials and Methods: This section should be brief but adequate to allow a qualified investigator to repeat the research. Reference should be made to the published procedures wherever possible; this applies to both the original description and pertinent published modifications. Results: This section should be as concise as possible. Avoid presenting essentially similar data in both table and figure form. Limit photographs unless they are absolutely necessary to show the experimental findings. Number the figures and tables in the order of citation in the text. Discussion: The discussion section should include a brief statement of the principal findings, a discussion of the validity of the observations, a discussion of the findings in light of other published work dealing with the same or closely related subjects, and a statement of the possible significance of the work. Acknowledgements: Personal acknowledgement should be as concise as possible. All references to grant support and institutional publication codes can be included here. References: References should be cited in the text as follows: "The procedure used has been described elsewhere (Green and Black, 1991, 1992; Kim, 1993)," or "Our results are in agreement with those of Haugland and Wu (1985) and of Singh et al. (1994)," or multiple references in chronological order: "Previous reports (Brown and White, 1989; Montana et al., 1990; Engel, 1994).....".

Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the References section. The list of references should be typed in double-spaced in alphabetical order according to the name of the first author. In two-author papers with the same first author, the order is alphabetical by the second author's name. In three-or-more-author papers with the same first author, the order is chronological. All authors (unless there are more than ten) should be named in the citation. If there are more than ten authors, list the first ten author names followed by et al. The following illustrates the form to be used: Journal article Kim J, Chung YD, Park DY, Choi S, Shin DW, Soh H, Lee HW, Son W, Yim J, Park CS, et al. (2003) A TRPV family ion channel required for hearing in Drosophila. Nature 424: 81-84. Yanofsky C, Horn V, Bonner MF and Stasiowski SD (1971) Polarity and enzyme function in mutants of the first three genes of the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli. Genetics 69: 409-433. Book Ashburner MA (1989) Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1331 pp. Chapter in a book Timberlake WE (1991) Cloning and analysis of fungal genes. In More Gene Manipulations in Fungi, J.R. Bennett and L.K. Lasure, eds., Academic Press, Orlando, FL, pp. 5185. Figure Legends: Each figures should be accompanied by a title and an explanatory legend. The title should be a part of the legend and not lettered on the figure itself. Legends should include sufficient detail to make them intelligible without reference to the text. Symbols indicated in the figure must be identified in the legend text. Preparation of Tables Do not present tabular data as part of the text; prepare such data instead as numbered Tables. Each table should be typed on a separate page and should bear a concise title. Use double spacing, especially in the boxheads. Tables should be arranged to conform to printed page size (14.0 cm wide) and very wide tables should be typed sideways. Number tables consecutively with Arabic numerals. Define the boxhead and the bottom of the table with horizontal lines. Use shorter horizontal lines within the boxhead to indicate unambiguously which subheads are subordinate to a higher-level heading. Vertical and diagonal lines should not be set in type. Table footnotes should be typed with lower case directly below the table. *, **, and *** may be used to indicate conventional levels of statistical significance but should also be explained below the table. Lower case superscript, 'a, b, c.....' can be also used to explain the specific terminology or experimental conditions.

Figures Figures must conform to the following guidelines or authors will be asked to revise them. For figures that have multiple panels, the labels should be set in uppercase Helvetica or Arial letters and should not contain periods or parentheses. Each figure must be assembled into one file. Please do not include separate panels on multiple pages. Photographs should be provided with a scale bar, if appropriate. Acceptable figure format: We only accept three figure formats: TIFF (.tif), JPEG (.jpg) and Portable Document File (.pdf). All figure files with other formats should be converted to one of the three formats. Resolution requirement: For black and white photographs or micrographs and for any type of graph or drawing in grayscale, the resolution should be a minimum of 500 dpi. For figures that contain color, the resolution should be a minimum of 300 dpi. Please note that figures should meet these resolution numbers at their approximate print sizes. File naming: Please name files by first author and number of figure, e.g., Kim1.jpg, Kim2.jpg, etc. Charges to the Author Each article will be charged flat rate of U$300.00 for nonmember and U$200.00 for member for 7 pages. After 7 pages, U$30.00 for non-member and U$20.00 for member will be charged in each extra page. For color illustration, each color page will be charged U$100.00 until two pages. After two color pages, there will be no extra charges for the color print. Fifty reprints will be supplied with free of charge. Additional reprints may be purchased by an order before printing with a cost of U$5.00/copy. In cases of lack of fund to meet the publication costs, the authors should submit written-request (or e-mail) of a waiver of publication charge specifying the lack of the funds before final revised version is uploaded to Editorial Manager site. Editorial Policies For all manuscripts submitted, no part of the work has been published previously in print or electronic format and the paper is not under consideration by any other publication. Any paper that contains any data that have been submitted for publication elsewhere will not be considered under any circumstance. Authorship: The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have agreed to the manuscripts content and its submission to Genes & Genomics. On submitting the manuscript, the corresponding author will be asked to confirm that all coauthors approve the publication of the manuscript. Conflict of interest: Genes & Genomics requires all authors to disclose any financial conflict of interest that might

be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. Authors must declare any such conflict in the cover letter accompanying the manuscript and in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript itself. Studies involving humans and animals: For manuscripts reporting studies involving human subjects, statements identifying the committee approving the studies and confirming that informed consent was obtained from all subjects must appear in the 'Materials and Methods' section. Copyright: Upon acceptance of a paper, authors will be asked to transfer copyright to the Genetics Society of Korea. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided upon acceptance of the manuscript.

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