期刊名称：MAMMALIAN GENOME
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Mammalian Genome is devoted to studies of mammalian genomics and genetics, serving as a vehicle for the dissemination of work in the emerging field of functional genomics
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Mammalian Genome focuses on the experimental, theoretical, and technical aspects of genomics and genetics in mouse, human, and other species, particularly those aspects bearing on studies of gene function. The journal aims to publish high quality original papers that present novel findings in all areas of mammalian genetic research as well as reviews on areas of topical interest. The journal will also feature commentary and editorial to alert and inform readers of developments in the areas of mammalian genetics and functional genomics. |
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Special emphasis is placed on: gene structure and expression studies; mutagenesis, the characterization of new mutations and the identification of animal models of human genetic disorders; genetic, physical, and comparative mapping, particularly for the study of gene function; genetic analysis of complex traits; informatics as related to genome analysis and functional genomics; novel technical approaches.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
The original and three copies of the manuscript, including three complete sets of figures, may be submitted to any of the three editors at the addresses indicated above. Please do not send a computer disk at the initial submission stage.
Two types of manuscripts will be considered for publication:
1. Articles should be a length appropriate to their findings, which, under usual circumstances, is less than twenty (20) manuscript pages. Information should be presented in the most efficient manner possible: inclusion of material unrelated to the purpose or findings of the study and the repetition of information in the Introduction, Results, and/or Discussion sections should be avoided. Include only essential references and avoid multiple citations from the same authors for any single piece of information. 2. Reviews are normally commissioned by the editors. Authors should contact them or send a short descriptive proposal before submitting a review.
Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that they have not appeared in print or been submitted for publication elsewhere and that all authors have approved submission to Mammalian Genome. Articles and other materials published in the journal represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or publisher. Authors submitting a manuscript do so with the understanding that if accepted for publication, copyright (including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media) shall be assigned exclusively to the publisher. The publishers will not refuse any reasonable request by authors for permission to reproduce their contribution.
The original and three copies of the manuscript, including three sets of figures, may be submitted to any of the two editors.
Manuscript Preparation
Form and style
All manuscripts must be in English and typewritten double-spaced on standard bond paper with one inch (2.5 cm) borders on all sides of the page. Lettering should be 12 point (3 mm or 1/8 in). All pages should be numbered in sequential order starting with the title page. Include first names for all authors.
Manuscripts that do not conform to the conventions of the journal will be returned to the author for revision.
Full-length manuscripts should be organized as follows: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments (including sources of support), References, Tables, and Figure legends.
Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, the editors will request a computer disk containing the manuscript file in any common word processing program (DOS, Windows, or Macintosh format). This disk should also contain files for all line drawings (TIFF, EPS, or PICT format). Please be sure to follow the journal style precisely in the composition of the manuscript. A double-spaced hard copy of the manuscript must accompany the software.
Abbreviations and nomenclature Avoid using unnecessary abbreviations and do not abbreviate names of organizations or institutions. The full term for which an abbreviation stands should precede its first use in the text unless it is a standard unit of measurement. Only standard genetic and enzyme nomenclature is acceptable, as is the use of symbols approved by the appropriate nomenclature committee. Guidelines for the mouse can be found in Mouse Genome or in M.F. Lyon and A.G. Searle (eds.), Genetic Variants and Strains of the Laboratory Mouse, Oxford University Press, 1989. Guidelines for humans can be found in the most recent Human Gene Mapping Report (Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 51, 1¨C1147). Chemical abstracts should be used as a guide for other abbreviations and symbols. Use S.I. units for linear dimensions, body mass, and clinical chemistry. Use the degree Celsius for temperature.
Standard Abbreviations currently being used are:
Chr Chromosome
Da dalton
kDa kilodalton
L liter
ml milliliter
PCR polymerase chain reaction
ORF open reading frame
cM centimorgan
bp base pair
SDS sodium dodecylsulfate
PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization
SSCP single strand conformational polymorphism
LINE long interspersed element
SINE short interspersed element
MHC major histocompatibility complex
HPLC high performance liquid chromatography
SSLP simple sequence length polymorphism
RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism
PFGE pulsed field gel electrophoresis
Title page. The title page should be typed on a separate page and should include the complete title, the first name, middle name initial, and surname of all authors, as well as the institution of origin, including city, state, zip code, and country. The title must be limited to 85 characters, including spaces. For multi-authored papers, correspondence and page proofs will be sent to the first author, unless the editors are instructed otherwise. The title page should also include a Fax number, a voice phone number, and an E-mail address if one is available. A short title for use as a running head (not to exceed 55 characters, including spaces) should be provided.
Abstract. Abstract must not exceed 250 words and should state the purpose of the study or investigation, basic procedures, main findings, and principal conclusions. Emphasize new and important aspects of the study or observations. It should be intelligible to scientists in other specialties and generally understood without access to the entire document. Avoid using references in the Abstract.
Introduction. State briefly the nature and purpose of the article and refer to any relevant literature, concentrating on any recent important work done by others. The repetition of information in the Introduction and Discussion sections is undesirable.
Materials and methods. Include only those technical details that are novel to the work presented in the manuscript. Provide citations only for techniques and protocols essentially equivalent to those published elsewhere.
Results and discussion. Explain your results, and define their significance. Unsubstantiated speculation and plans for future study are not appropriate.
References. Citations in the text should be by author and year. If there are only two authors, both should be listed. If there are more than two authors, only the first author's surname and "et al." are needed. Only references cited in the text and accepted for publication should be listed in alphabetical order by first author's surname in the reference section. Please double-space the reference section. Journal abbreviations listed in Index Medicus should be used. Unpublished data should be referred to parenthetically in the text with the author's name and "unpublished." Information provided by a colleague who is not an author should be indicated with the colleague's name followed by "personal communication." A letter from the colleague indicating permission to use the information must be submitted with the manuscript. Examples of reference format are the following:
Lyon MF (1984) Transmission ratio distortion in mouse t-haplotypes is due to multiple distorter genes acting on a responder locus. Cell 37, 621-628
Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis, T (1989) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed. (Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press)
Arnheim N (1983) Concerted evolution of multigene families. In Evolution of Genes and Proteins, M. Nei and R.K. Koehn, eds. (Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates), pp 38-61
Tables. Tables should be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text and should be typed double-spaced on separate pages. They should be collected together in numerical order after the references. Table titles should be clear, concise, and self-explanatory. A short descriptive caption should follow the title. Footnotes, which should be indicated by superscript lowercase letters, should be typed directly below the table. Complex tables may be submitted as camera-ready copy. These tables should be single-spaced and submitted as glossy prints, as well as conform to the journal's table format.
Figures and illustrations. These should be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Figures with biological information should be submitted as unmounted glossy prints. Computer-generated line drawings can be submitted as laser printer output on clean white paper. Each print should be identified on the reverse with the first author's last name and figure number and with the top of the figure or illustration marked. Figures should be designed to fit into one column (3.25 in or 8.5 cm wide) or two (7 in or 8.5 cm) with the final size of all lettering no larger than 12 point (3 mm or 1/8 in). Captions should be typed double-spaced on a separate page. The total number of illustrations may not exceed one less than half of the number of text pages. The additional cost of reproducing or printing large quantities of figures may be charged to the author. Illustrations that do not abide by these rules and those that do not make efficient use of space will be returned to authors for re-drawing. This process could hold up publication of accepted manuscripts. Color figures will be printed at the author's expense: $1150.00 for the first page and $575.00 for each additional page within the same article.
Equations. Equations should be typewritten and the equation number, if necessary, placed in square brackets at the right margin. Reference to a specific equation should be written "Eq [1]."
Footnotes. Footnotes should be used sparingly, numbered consecutively, and presented separately at the end of the manuscript.
Reviewing
All submitted manuscripts deemed appropriate for consideration by the editors will be peer reviewed. Those not considered appropriate will be returned to the authors immediately. Decisions on all papers peer-reviewed are normally sent to authors by four (4) weeks after submission.
Proofs
Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. Corrected proofs must be returned within 48 hours. Authors will be charged for extensive alterations.
Reprints
Reprints may be ordered at cost by using the form included with proofs.
Distribution of genetic materials Publication of an article in Mammalian Genome is taken to indicate that the authors are prepared to freely distribute to academic researchers for their own use any cell lines, DNA, antibodies, mice, or other unique genetic materials used in the experiments reported. Failure to comply with this policy may result in exclusion from publication in Mammalian Genome.
Submission of information to genetic databases Authors must provide relevant information to the appropriate public databases before a manuscript can be accepted for publication. Information and addresses for the following databases are available from the Editorial Office: Fundamental Genetic Databases for the Mouse (GBASE, HMDP, and MLDP), GenBank and EMBL, Genome Database (GDB), and LODSOURCE (lod score for pairs of genetic markers, including disease loci and DNA polymorphisms). Accession numbers or copies of data-entry forms must be submitted to the editors as proof of compliance. Manuscripts containing sequence data should include the footnote: "The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to GenBank and have been assigned the accession number..." This footnote should appear on the manuscript's title page.
Copyright
Submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration for publication elsewhere. Also, any coauthors must approve the article for publication; if the manuscript is accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome, the author(s) agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher.
Guidelines for Electronically Produced Illustrations for Print
General
Send illustrations separately from the text (i.e. files should not be integrated with the text files). Always send printouts of all illustrations.
Vector (line) Graphics
Vector graphics exported from a drawing program should be stored in EPS format.
Suitable drawing program: Adobe Illustrator. For simple line art the following drawing programs are also acceptable: Corel Draw, Freehand, Canvas.
No rules narrower than .25 pt.
No gray screens paler than 15% or darker than 60%.
Screens meant to be differentiated from one another must differ by at least 15%.
Spreadsheet/Presentation Graphics
Most presentation programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Freelance) produce data that cannot be stored in an EPS format. Therefore graphics produced by these programs cannot be used for print.
Halftone Illustrations
Black & white and color illustrations should be saved in TIFF format.
Illustrations should be created using Adobe Photoshop whenever possible.
Scans*
Scanned reproductions of black and white photographs should be provided as 300 ppi TIFF files.
Scanned color illustrations should be provided as TIFF files scanned at a minimum of 300 ppi with a 24-bit color depth.
Line art should be provided as TIFF files at 600 ppi.
* We do prefer having the original art as our printers have drum scanners which allow for better reproduction of critical medical halftones.
Graphics from Videos
Separate files should be prepared for frames from a video that are to be printed in the journal. When preparing these files you should follow the same rules as listed under Halftone Illustrations.
Guidelines for Electronically Produced Illustrations for ONLINE
Video
Quicktime (.mov) is the preferred format, but .rm, .avi, .mpg, etc. are acceptable.
No video file should be larger than 2MB. To decrease the size of your file, consider changing one or more of the following variables: frame speed, number of colors/greys, viewing size (in pixels), or compression. Video is subject to Editorial review and approval.
Editorial Board
Editors
Joseph H. Nadeau
Genetics Department
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4955, USA
email: jhn4@pop.cwru.edu
Steve D.M. Brown
Medical Research Council
Mammalian Genetics Unit
Harwell, Didcot
Oxfordshire 0X11 0RD
United Kingdom
email: s.brown@har.mrc.ac.uk
Informatics Editors
Janan T. Eppig, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
email: jte@informatics.jax.org
Josephine Peters, Oxon, UK
Reviews Editor
Maja Bucan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Managing Editor
Mary Firth, Oxfordshire, UK
email: mfirth@mg-office.fsbusiness.co.uk
IMGS Business Manager
Darla Miller, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
web address: www.imgs.org
email: millerdr@ornl.gov
Editorial Board
C.M. Abbott, Edinburgh, UK
T. Aitman, London, UK
L. Andersson, Uppsala, Sweden
K. Artzt, Austin, Texas, USA
P. Avner, Paris, France
R. Balling, Braunschweig, Germany
D. Barlow, Salzburg, Austria
G. Barsh, Stanford, California, USA
D.R. Beier, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J.K. Belknap, Portland, Oregon, USA
M. Brilliant, Tucson, Arizona, USA
A. Buchberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
M. Burmeister, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
S. Camper, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
G. Churchill, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
N.G. Copeland, Frederick, Maryland, USA
M.T. Davisson, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
P. Denny, Oxfordshire, UK
R.W. Elliott, Buffalo, New York, USA
E. Fisher, London, UK
L. Flaherty, Albany, New York, USA
J. Forejt, Prague, Czech Republic
W. Frankel, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
J. Gellin, Castanet-Tolosan, France
M. Georges, Liege, Belgium
E.D. Green, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J.-L. Guet, Paris, France
S.C. Hardies, San Antonio, Texas, USA
G.E. Herman, Columbus, Ohio, USA
I.J. Jackson, Edinburgh, UK
N. Jenkins, Frederick, Maryland, USA
M. Justice, Houston, Texas, USA
C. Kozak, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
E. Lander, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
G. Levan, Gothenburg, Sweden
M. Lyon, Harwell, UK
T. Magnuson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
M. Meisler, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
X. Montagutelli, Paris, France
K. Moore, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
K. Moriwaki, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
R. Reeves, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
E.M. Rubin, Berkeley, California, USA
J.C. Schimenti, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
T. Shiroishi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan
L. Siracusa, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
K. Steel, Nottingham, UK
J. Stoye, London, UK
C. Szpirer, Gosselies, Belgium
L.-C. Tsui, Toronto, Canada
J. Womack, College Station, Texas, USA
A. Zimmer, Bonn, Germany
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