期刊名称：MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Molecular Ecology Resources is a vehicle for the rapid dissemination of new tools for molecular genetic studies in natural populations. Papers that report on the ecology, evolution, behaviour, and conservation of organisms, rather than on technical issues, should be submitted to our companion publication, Molecular Ecology. We recommend that empirical papers with a strongly applied focus be directed to Evolutionary Applications.
The main areas covered by Molecular Ecology Resources are the development of new genotyping resources, the reporting of important new techniques and the announcement and testing of new computer software. The journal also publishes empirical and theoretical papers on DNA Barcoding and reviews of recent technical advances in the field of molecular ecology.
Wiley-Blackwell and Molecular Ecology Resources maintain a user-friendly database for the information reported in Primer Notes. The database contains an archive of all notes published in Molecular Ecology. Authors submit their primer sequences, amplification conditions, polymorphism levels, and cross-species amplification data as a condition of publication, thereby providing a searchable resource for the community.
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AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library)
BIOBASE (Elsevier)
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EBSCOhost® (EBSCO)
Ecology Abstracts (Elsevier)
Index Veterinarius (CABI)
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ProtoZoological Abstracts (Elsevier)
Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
SCOPUS (Elsevier)
Soybean Abstracts (Online) (coverage dropped)
Soybean Abstracts Online (coverage dropped)
Vitis - Viticulture and Oenology Abstracts (Vitis)
Zoological Record™ (Thomson ISI)
Instructions to Authors
General Information
Molecular Ecology Resources publishes articles reporting new tools for use in molecular genetic studies of natural populations. The main areas covered are: development of genotyping resources, reporting of new, broadly applicable techniques, and the announcement and testing of new computer software. We also publish reviews of recent technical advances in relevant fields. Papers that report on the ecology, evolution, behaviour and conservation of organisms, rather than on technical issues, should be submitted to our companion publication, Molecular Ecology. We recommend that empirical papers with a strongly applied focus be directed to Evolutionary Applications. We typically provide an editorial decision on new submissions within 4 to 6 weeks, and papers usually appear online 4 to 8 weeks after receipt of the final manuscript.
Editorial Office
Managing Editor: Dr Tim Vines
email: managing.editor@molecol.com
Molecular Ecology Resources Editorial Office
6270 University Blvd
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
Canada
email: editorial.office@molecol.com
fax: +1 604 822 8982
Submission Types
Papers in Molecular Ecology Resources fall into two types: articles and notes. Articles present much more substantial contributions, for example major new DNA resources, a new statistical or laboratory technique, or an in-depth analysis of computing software. Article submissions have a limit of 8000 words and are peer reviewed. Note papers are brief announcements of the development of genetic or computing resources useful to the wider molecular ecology community. Notes are much shorter and have no more than two tables or figures, and are evaluated directly by a Subject Editor.
Of the six submission categories, Invited Technical Reviews, DNA Barcoding and Technical Advances publish only articles, whereas Computer Programs and Permanent Genetic Resources accept both articles and notes. Molecular Diagnostics & DNA Taxonomy papers can only be in note form. All submissions may, where appropriate, present supplementary material for Online Only publication.
Submission Categories
Molecular Ecology Resources publishes both reviews and new research, split into the categories below. These descriptions are not meant to be exhaustive, and authors wishing to know whether manuscripts that fall outside these descriptions are suitable for publication in MER are encouraged to contact the Managing Editor.
Invited Technical Reviews
These articles provide comprehensive reviews of field, molecular and computational techniques important to molecular ecology studies. In addition to describing how these techniques are implemented, these reviews also help researchers to appreciate the strengths and limitations of alternative methods currently available. While we do not normally consider unsolicited reviews, authors with proposals for review topics can contact the managing editor regarding their suitability.
Submissions must be in the form of an article and include a Title Page, an Abstract (<250 words), the main text, References, brief Acknowledgements, Figure Legends, Tables (with legends) and Figures. Authors may use boxes to provide additional information separate from the main text; the article should contain no more than five boxes, and each should be no more than 2000 words. Reviews have a limit of 8000 words for all text (including title, abstract, keywords, references, boxes and table/figure legends), although exceptions may be granted in some cases.
DNA Barcoding
These submissions describe the development and testing of new resources for DNA barcoding. This research must conform to established barcoding protocols, such as those available from the Consortium for the Barcode of Life or the Guelph Centre for DNA Barcoding:
http://www.barcoding.si.edu/protocols.html
http://www.dnabarcoding.ca/pa/ge/research/protocols
Submissions to this category must be in the form of articles, including a Title Page, an Abstract (<250 words), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References, brief Acknowledgements, Figure Legends, and Tables and Figures, in this order. These articles should not exceed 8000 words for all text, including title, abstract, keywords, references and table/figure legends. Barcoding manuscripts must supply INSD (GenBank / EMBL / DDBJ) accession numbers (with or without the BARCODE keyword). An identifier number from the BOLD database (http://www.boldsystems.org) may also be included.
Technical Advances
Technical Advances submissions address either recognized or unrecognized problems faced by researchers, and offer new methods designed to solve these problems. These articles are not intended to report slight modifications of existing techniques, the successful application of previously published techniques in other taxa or combinations of already published protocols. In addition, articles that report species- or taxon-specific techniques will not normally be accepted.
Submissions to this category must be in the form of articles, and must include a Title Page, an Abstract (<250 words), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References, brief Acknowledgements, Figure Legends, and Tables and Figures, in this order. Technical Advances should not exceed 8000 words for all text, including title, abstract, keywords, references and table/figure legends.
Computer Programs
These submissions most often describe new software useful for analysing molecular data from natural populations.
Computer Program Articles
These articles describe new computer software and provide an in-depth analysis of its strengths and weaknesses with real and/or simulated data, particularly in relation to other programs in the same area. Submissions should clearly describe the need for the program, along with the rationale behind the program's design, its basic functions, and sample usage, output, and interpretation where appropriate. These articles may alternatively provide a review-like comparison a number of related computer programs in order to highlight their relative strengths and weaknesses. These articles must include a Title Page, an Abstract (<250 words), Introduction, an appropriately structured main text, References, brief Acknowledgements, Figure Legends and Tables and Figures, in this order. Computer Program Articles should not exceed 8000 words for all text, including title, abstract, keywords, references and table/figure legends. If the article is describing new software, authors should also submit the complete user manual for the program and provide a persistent website where the software and user manual may be accessed.
Computer Program Notes
These submissions provide a summary of the benefits and potential application(s) of new computer software for the analysis of molecular data. They should briefly describe the need for the program, the rationale behind the program's design, its basic functions, and sample usage, output, and interpretation where appropriate. The software described must be available to researchers without charge, and the article must include a link to a persistent website where the software may be downloaded or used.
These papers should not be seen as a substitute for a user manual, and this documentation should also be provided with the manuscript for evaluation purposes. In addition, programmers are urged to remember that the level of computer expertise varies among our readership, so "user-friendly" programs are more likely to be employed. It is also helpful if programs use standard input/output file formats (e.g., Genepop or Arlequin) wherever possible. Notes in this category can be up to 3000 words for all text. They should contain an Abstract (<200 words), main text, References, brief Acknowledgments, Figure Legends, Tables and a maximum of two Figures.
Permanent Genetic Resources
Permanent Genetic Resources Articles
Papers in this category describe the development of significant genetic or genomic resources with intended application to evolutionary or ecological questions. For example, these papers could describe projects in which particular genome fractions or whole genomes are sequenced and analyzed, genome information is utilized to enable high-throughput or large-scale genotyping technologies, as well as other approaches to developing significant genetic or genomic resources for molecular ecology. Authors are encouraged to include additional data or analyses of interest to researchers developing similar resources.
The format of these papers is flexible, but in many cases is likely to include an introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections. Permanent Genetic Resources Articles should not exceed 8000 words for all text, including Title, Abstract, Keywords, References and Table and Figure legends. As these papers will be peer reviewed, authors should make a clear case for the importance and accessibility of their resources to the molecular ecology community.
Permanent Genetic Resources Notes
These papers describe new tools useful for the molecular characterization of individuals from natural populations. In general, they will define a substantial ecological question and demonstrate that a readily usable molecular toolkit has been developed that can answer this question. PGR Notes typically describe novel polymorphic microsatellite loci or SNPs; they may also describe the successful cross-amplification of existing loci in new taxa.
When presenting new loci, a submission must describe at least eight novel independent polymorphic loci that have both a high heterozygosity and success rate when used to genotype individuals from natural populations. Please note that loci showing strong deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, high frequencies of null alleles and/or high levels of linkage disequilibrium may be discounted from the total number of loci presented in a manuscript, as these often prove to be less reliable in subsequent studies. To show that the loci contain sufficient variation for individual discrimination, they must be tested on at least 20 diploid/polyploid individuals or 40 haploid genomes from a single population. Important additional guidelines with specific suggestions for each of the various submission types are available from the following url: http://tomato.biol.trinity.edu/mer_faq.html
Submissions describing the cross-amplification of existing loci in new taxa must demonstrate that at least 12 of the tested loci are polymorphic and can be reliably amplified in the focal taxon. Loci showing strong deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, high frequencies of null alleles and/or high levels of linkage disequilibrium may be discounted from the total number of loci presented in a manuscript. In addition, authors must also have sequenced all presented loci to demonstrate homology with the original locus. To show that the loci contain sufficient variation for individual discrimination, they must be tested on at least 20 diploid/polyploid individuals or 40 haploid genomes from a single population.
Permanent Genetic Resources Notes should be shorter than 1500 words. This word limit includes all text. They should include an Abstract (<100 words), main text, References, brief Acknowledgments, Figure Legends and Tables and Figures, in this order. Although not subdivided, the standard order of topics (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion) should be followed in the main text.
NB: All PGR Note submissions will now be included in a summary article announcing all of the primers developed during a two month period. This change will allow groups that develop primers to receive recognition whilst simultaneously permitting Molecular Ecology Resources to continue its development into a leading methods journal for ecology and evolutionary biology. In these articles, the first author will be listed as "Molecular Ecology Resources Consortium", and contributing authors will be listed in alphabetical order thereafter. The text of the PGR Note itself will be made available on the Molecular Ecology Resources Primer database at http://tomato.biol.trinity.edu/, where it will be directly linked to the database entry for loci themselves.
Authors citing these summary articles in future papers are encouraged to consult the guidelines for the specific journal, but as an example we reproduce here the formatting following the Chicago Manual of Style:
In text:
… a panel of 13 polymorphic microsatellites (Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium et al., 2009)….
In references:
Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, G.R. Almány, M.P. de Arruda, W. Arthofer, Z.K. Atallah, S.R. Beissinger, M.L. Berumen et al. 2009. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1460-1466.
Molecular Diagnostics and DNA Taxonomy
These submissions describe the development of molecular tools useful for systematics or meaningful species discrimination/ taxonomy. The text should include a discussion of why the tools are necessary, along with a description of assay development and demonstration of utility in the group for which their use is intended. Submitted notes should include an Abstract of fewer than 100 words, main text, References, brief Acknowledgments, Figure Legends, and Tables and Figures, in this order. Although the main text is not subdivided, the standard order of topics (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion) should be followed in the continuous text.
These submissions must demonstrate variability appropriate for the types of questions being addressed. As a minimum, at least 40 samples must be surveyed from the taxonomic breadth for which they are intended. Please see the General Guidelines below and FAQ (http://tomato.biol.trinity.edu/mer_faq.html) for other suggestions regarding development, testing, and reporting of molecular assays. Molecular Diagnostics and DNA Taxonomy Notes are not meant to report only the application of previously published sequences. Because of the limitations and assumptions associated with interpreting the absence of bands on a gel, presence/absence markers will not normally be considered. For submissions that deviate from these guidelines, authors are encouraged to contact the journal to obtain guidance from the Managing Editor.
Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Molecular Ecology Resources accepts manuscripts via Manuscript Central, an online submission system. This system streamlines the submission process and ensures all authors' work is processed quickly and efficiently. If an author cannot submit the MS using the electronic procedures outlined below, they should contact the Managing Editor by email to ascertain whether or not an exception can be made.
Submission Procedure
To submit your article, first create an account on ScholarOne Manuscripts.
This can be done at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mer
Access the 'Author Centre', click on the 'submit new manuscript' link, and follow the instructions to submit your manuscript. The procedure consists of seven simple steps, which you are guided through by our online system. The help function is always available for any questions you might have. If you have any questions that cannot be addressed by the online help, please direct them to the Editorial Office at editorial.office@molecol.com.
Preparing Manuscripts for Submission
Covering Letter
A brief message addressed to the Managing Editor should indicate you wish to submit your manuscript for consideration, along with any relevant information you wish to convey to the subject editor. If the MS is a resubmission of a previous manuscript, details of the changes made should be placed in the 'response to reviewers' box in step 1 of the resubmission process.
Manuscript File
The standard procedure is for you to prepare the MS using Microsoft Word. Apart from the situation outlined below, manuscripts submitted in PDF form will not be accepted, as our typesetting programs cannot access data in PDF files.
If your MS contains complex mathematical symbols not covered by standard versions of Word, (e.g., if the MS has been prepared in LaTeX) please ensure that you upload all additional files required to read your document, as well as providing a PDF proof for our typesetters to use as reference. Authors can upload their LaTeX and EPS (figure) source files to Manuscript Central, designating them "LaTeX support files". These will be used for typesetting purposes and must be re-uploaded with each version of a paper. A single .zip file containing all source files should be uploaded. The accompanying PDF should be designated as the "main document" during the file submission stage.
Keep the file as small as possible to facilitate information transmission (max 50 MB). Do not use any form of compression or zipping, excepting with LaTeX support files as outlined above, as these can interfere with our uploading process.
Format
To facilitate viewing on screen, please format your manuscript with 2.5 cm side margins, 3 cm top and bottom margins, and clear paragraph delimitations. All manuscripts must be double-spaced with page numbers and continuous line numbers.
Text
The first text page should contain: 1. Title; 2. Author's names with initials; 3. Full postal address(es); 4. Four to six keywords for indexing purposes; 5. Name, address, fax number and electronic mail address of corresponding author, to whom proofs will be sent; 6. Running title of no more than 45 characters, including spaces.
Please see the guidelines for specific article types for further layout information.
Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be uploaded separately, and they will appear after the main document. Colour images are welcome, but authors are charged for colour production (see Notes for Accepted Manuscripts). In the full-text online edition of the journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure.
Table captions should be integral with and appear above the data tables. Footnotes for tables should be given below the table.
Preparation of Figures
Please ensure that electronic artwork is prepared such that, after reduction to fit across one column, two-thirds page width, or two columns (80 mm, 112 mm, or 169 mm, respectively) as required, all lettering and symbols will be clear and easy to read, i.e. no axes labels should be too large or too small. Figure files should be supplied as follows. Photographic figures should be saved in tif format at 300 d.p.i. (or failing that in jpg format with low compression). Line figures should be saved as vector graphics (i.e. composed of lines, curves, points and fonts; not pixels) in eps or pdf format, or embedded as such in Word, as this enhances their display when published online. Combination figures (those composed of vector and pixel/raster elements) should also be saved in eps or pdf format where possible (or embedded as such in Word). If line figures and combination figures cannot be saved in vector graphics format, they should be saved in tif format at high resolution (i.e. 600 d.p.i.) (do not save them in jpg format). If you are unsure about the resolution of your tif files, please zoom in and check that fonts, curves and diagonal lines are smooth-edged and do not appear blocky when viewed at high magnification. Note that line and combination figures supplied in tif format are downsampled for online publication and so authors should preferentially opt for vector graphic formats for these figure types (full resolution tif files are used for print publication). Further details are available at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp
Supplementary Data
Supplementary materials give authors the opportunity to present data in different formats than traditional print media. Large datasets can be submitted as separate files for on-line publication as Supplementary Data. Supplementary Data must be submitted during the review process. Please note that supplementary data should be uploaded in a separate file and given the file designation "Supplementary material for online publication only".
For more information on preparing supplementary data, please see: http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/suppmat.asp
References
Authors should use the Harvard system.
When there is a single author, references should be indicated in the text by the surname of the author with the year of publication, for example (Healy 1998). References to more than one publication in the same year should be distinguished with lower case letters, for example (King 1990a,b). If no person is named as author, the name of the appropriate body should be used, for example (Genetical Society 1977). When there are two authors, use both names and the year, for example (Ribble & Ballew 1997). When there are more than two authors, use the first author followed by et al.
Generally, the reference should be placed in parentheses. However, when the name forms part of the sentence it should appear outside the parentheses, e.g. "Cowles (1982) has demonstrated that…"
Unpublished data and personal communications should be referred to in the text only, using the author's initials and surname.
Please see examples below for in-text citation and reference examples.
Please consult Harvard style guides for questions about reference formatting. If you encounter any questions that cannot be addressed by consulting these resources, please contact the editorial office.
Citation Examples:
Book
In-text citation:
(Sambrook et al. 1989)
- Reference list:
- Sambrook, J, Fritsch, EF, & Maniatis T 1989, Molecular Cloning a Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York.
Chapter within an edited volume
In-text citation:
(Milligan 1992)
- Reference list:
- Milligan, B 1992, 'Plant DNA isolation', in AR Hoelzel (ed) Molecular genetic analysis of populations: a practical approach, IRL Press, Oxford, pp 59-88.
Journal Articles
In-text citation:
(Saito & Stark 1986)
- Reference list:
- Saito, I & Stark GR 1986, 'Charomids: cosmid vectors for the efficient cloning and mapping of large or small restriction fragments', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA vol. 83, no. 22, November, pp 8664 - 68.
Thesis
In-text citation:
(Gray 1991)
- Reference list:
- Gray, IC 1991, Polymorphic tandemly repeated sequences in human DNA, PhD thesis, University of Leicester.
Database entries
In-text citation:
(GenBank [accession number AC017046])
- Reference list:
- GenBank, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/ (for RP11-322N14 BAC [accession number AC017046]; accessed August 6, 2001).
References in Articles
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting. As we have recently revised our citation style, authors are encouraged to download the latest version; this can be searched for here:
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Alternatively, Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp
Cover Images
Molecular Ecology Resources uses images associated with published papers as covers for the journal. Authors are invited to submit candidate images, either with their manuscript or separately, preferably in electronic form, for consideration for the cover. Images should be no larger than 600 dpi. We prefer images in landscape format, as this fills the space on the journal cover most effectively. Images should seek to be aesthetically pleasing and, wherever possible, to present a message related to the specific topic of the paper or the general coverage of the journal. It is important that authors submit a suitable brief caption to the image, together with a photo-credit where appropriate. Images submitted as prints or transparencies will be returned to authors, if requested. Copyright forms must be signed before your cover image is published. Please contact the Editorial Office for details.
Author Information Box
Authors are invited to include a brief Author Information Box, which should appear at the end of the paper. This is not mandatory. The box provides an opportunity to present brief details of the authors and the overall research projects within which the published work has been carried out. The boxes are not intended to replace standard acknowledgments, but rather to provide readers with an outline of the structure and objectives of the research teams, or groups, responsible for the work. It should be a maximum of 100 words in length. Submitting authors should consult a recent issue of the Journal for guidance.
Related Manuscripts
Reviewers and Editors often ask to see unpublished manuscripts (i.e. 'in press', 'in review' or 'submitted') that appear to be closely related to the current paper. As obtaining these during the review process adds unnecessary delays, we request that these related manuscripts are uploaded as 'supplemental files for review' at the submission stage.
Data Sharing
Due to concerns about the availability and preservation of data from ecological and evolutionary studies, most of the leading journals in ecology and evolution will soon be introducing a new data archiving policy (Whitlock et al. 2010). Our current archiving policy is applies only to DNA sequence data, which must be made available on GenBank or another public archive. However, the new policy will be applicable to all data supporting results in papers published in Molecular Ecology Resources. A more lengthy rationale for the policy can be found in Whitlock et al. (2010).
Molecular Ecology Resources' policy will read as follows:
Molecular Ecology Resources expects, as a condition for publication, that data supporting the results in the paper should be archived in an appropriate public archive, such as GenBank, Gene Expression Omnibus, TreeBASE, Dryad, or the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. Data are important products of the scientific enterprise, and they should be preserved and usable for decades in the future. Authors may elect to have the data publicly available at time of publication, or, if the technology of the archive allows, may opt to embargo access to the data for a period up to a year after publication. Exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the editor, especially for sensitive information such as human subject data or the location of endangered species.
Our policy will not go into force until January 2011, but in the meantime, we encourage authors to submit their data to the relevant repositories. DNA sequence data from either Sanger or next generation sequencing should continue to be archived in GenBank or another public database. Expression data should be submitted to the Gene Expression Omnibus or an equivalent database, whereas phylogenetic trees should be submitted to TreeBASE. More idiosyncratic data, such as microsatellite allele frequency data, can be archived in a more flexible digital data library such as the U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored Dryad archive at http://datadryad.org.
Once the policy is in force in 2011, authors will be expected to archive the data supporting their results and conclusions, along with sufficient details so that a third party can interpret them correctly. As discussed by Whitlock et al. (2010), this will likely "require a short additional text document, with details specifying the meaning of each column in the data set. The preparation of such shareable data sets will be easiest if these files are prepared as part of the data analysis phase of the preparation of the paper, rather than after acceptance of a manuscript."
In all cases, database accession numbers for all archived material must be present in the final version of your manuscript before it is submitted. Papers lacking this information will not be sent to Production.
Notes for Accepted Manuscripts
The following items must be provided before your submission can be published. These files can either be uploaded during the revision process, or e-mailed to the editorial office at editorial.office@molecol.com.
1. Copyright Transfer Agreement Form
http://www.wiley.com/go/ctaaglobal
2. If your manuscript contains colour, a Colour Work Agreement*:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/SN_Sub2000_F_CoW.pdf
*It is the policy of Molecular Ecology Resources for authors to pay the full cost for print reproduction of colour artwork. This cost is £150 for the first colour figure and £50 per additional figure. You are therefore required to complete a colour work agreement form before your paper can be published.
Molecular Ecology Resources offers authors the opportunity to reproduce the figures in colour for free in the online version of the article but have the figures appear in black and white in the print version. If an author wishes to take advantage of this free colour-on-the-web service, they should liaise with the Editorial Office to ensure that the appropriate documentation is completed for the Publisher. Clearly, we cannot offer this option for figures that are unintelligible in grayscale.
Once these two items have been signed by the corresponding author (or other institutional authority) scan the completed document and upload the image file, designating the file type to correspond with the appropriate form during the uploading stage of the revision process.
Publishing Information
Exclusivity and Copyright
Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively to Molecular Ecology Resources and we will only consider them for publication on the understanding that they have not been, nor will be, published elsewhere. If accepted, the copyright to papers is assigned to the journal. A statement confirming that all authors give formal consent to publication should accompany manuscripts in the covering letter. Permission to use published material elsewhere will be granted on request.
Copyright Transfer Agreement Form
Authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the CTA is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Copyright Transfer Agreement does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned).
After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various medium/circumstances (please see the CTA form for further details). Correspondence to the journal is accepted on the understanding that the contributing author licences the publisher to publish the letter as part of the journal or separately from it, in the exercise of any subsidiary rights relating to the journal and its contents. The CTA form can be downloaded from here, and further information can be obtained from
http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp
OnlineOpen
OnlineOpen is a pay-to-publish service from Wiley-Blackwell that offers authors whose papers are accepted for publication the opportunity to pay up-front for their manuscript to become open access (i.e. free for all to view and download) via the Wiley Interscience website. Each OnlineOpen article will be subject to a one-off fee of $3000 US to be met by or on behalf of the author in advance of publication. Upon online publication, the article (both full-text and PDF versions) will be available to all for viewing and download free of charge. The print version of the article will also be branded as OnlineOpen and will draw attention to the fact that the paper can be downloaded for free via the Wiley Interscience service. Papers published OnlineOpen are, by default, sent to PubMed Central.
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form. Once complete this form should be sent to the Editorial Office along with the rest of the manuscript materials at the time of acceptance or as soon as possible after that (preferably within 24 hours to avoid any delays in processing). Do not inform the Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen before acceptance. A footer will be added:
Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation
Early View
Molecular Ecology Resources is covered by Wiley-Blackwell's Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early View articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so Early View articles cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. More information about DOIs can be found at: http://www.doi.org/faq.html.
NIH-funded authors and Molecular Ecology Resources
From April 2008, the NIH is mandating grant-holders to deposit their published papers in PubMed Central within 12 months of publication. Molecular Ecology Resources complies with the NIH mandate in allowing authors to post the accepted version of their article, i.e. the version incorporating any amendments made during peer review, 12 months after publication (please see the 'Accepted version' section on page 1 of the copyright transfer). In doing so authors will be meeting the terms of their grant (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#general).
As an alternative, NIH-funded authors may use the Online Open service (http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/onlineopen.asp). This service grants free and immediate availability of the article on publication, and deposition of the final pdf version with PubMed Central.
Wiley-Blackwell Author Services
Wiley-Blackwell Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production so they do not need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Proofs
Authors will be sent an e-mail alerting them that PDF proofs are available to download from our secure designated author website. Therefore, the corresponding author should supply their email address when they submit their manuscript. Corrections must be returned to the Production Editor within 3 days of receipt; fax should be used to facilitate communication and minor corrections can be advised by e-mail ensuring that journal title, paper reference number and corresponding authors name are given in the body of the message. Authors should note that proof corrections should be marked as clearly as possible, and should be kept to a minimum. If the Editors consider that significant changes have been introduced at the proof stage, the right is reserved either to levy the costs to authors, or to request resubmission of the manuscript. The corresponding author will be sent a form with their proofs to enable copies of offprints to be ordered.
Offprints
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Policy on the use of RAPD/ISSR markers
The appropriateness of RAPD or ISSR markers for population genetic inference is increasingly questioned by our reviewers and editors because of concerns about reproducibility, dominance, and homology. Given these worries, and the ready availability of other kinds of markers that do not suffer from all of these problems, studies based primarily on RAPD/ISSR rarely pass the review process in Molecular Ecology Resources. Of course, there may be situations in which these markers are appropriate, such as in genetic mapping studies or in searches for diagnostic markers for a given species or trait. These latter kinds of studies will continue to be reviewed by the journal.
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Editors
Carolyne Bardeleben, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Albano Beja-Pereira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Alex Buerkle, University of Wyoming, USA
Vincent Castric (Computer Programs), Universite de Lille, France
Corey Davis, University of Alberta, Canada
Oscar Gaggiotti, Université Joseph Fourier, France
Travis Glenn, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Brian Golding (DNA Barcoding), McMaster University, Canada
Jake Gratten, The University of Sheffield, UK
Shawn Narum, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, USA
Lisa Pope, The University of Sheffield, UK
Alison K Surridge, University of Cambridge, UK
Mark Ungerer (Technical Articles), Kansas State University, USA
Editorial Review Board
Bill Amos, Cambridge University, UK
Michael Arnold, University of Georgia, USA
John Avise, University of California Irvine, USA
Debra Ayres, University of California Davis, USA
Paul Bentzen, Dalhousie University, Canada
Brian Bowen, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, USA
Mike W. Bruford, Cardiff University, UK
Gary Carvalho, University of Wales Bangor, UK
Lounes Chikhi, Université Paul Sabatier, France
John F. Dallas, University of Aberdeen, UK
Andrew Ferguson, Queen's University of Belfast, UK
Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Colin Ferris, University of Leicester, UK
Jerome Goudet, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Susan Haig, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, USA
James L. Hamrick, University of Georgia, USA
Michael Hansen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Paul Herbert, University of Guelph, Canada
Martin Kreitman, University of Chicago, USA
Enrique P Lessa, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Hugh Loxdale, Max Planck Institut für chemishe Ökologie, Germany
Tom Mitchell-Olds, Duke University, USA
Hilde Nybom, Sveriges Landbruksuniversiteit Balsgård, Sweden
Josephine Pemberton, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jim Provan, Queen's University of Belfast, UK
Ciro Rico, Estación Biológica Doñana, Spain
Loren Rieseberg, University of British Columbia, Canada
Outi Savolainen, Oulu University, Finland
Barbara A Schaal, Washington University St Louis, USA
Christian Schlötterer, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria
Thomas Schmidt, Michigan State University, USA
Montgomery Slatkin, University of California Berkeley, USA
Peter Smouse, Rutgers University, USA
Paul Sunnucks, Monash University, Australia
Diethard Tautz, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Robert C Vrijenhoek, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA
Tetsukazu Yahara, Kyushu University, Japan
Robert Zink, University of Minnesota, USA
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