All textual elements should begin flush left with no paragraph indents and two returns after every element, such as titles, headings, paragraphs, legends, etc. Avoid acronyms in the text unless absolutely necessary, and avoid the use of footnotes. All pages, including tables, must be numbered. Cite each figure and table in the text in numerical order. Use SI units only.
Linnaean binomials are in italics in the text, as are names of genes.
Protein products of genes are in roman. Please submit to the Editorial Office, completed, signed Copyright Transfer with final accepted manuscript. Disks may be either IBM or Macintosh compatible. Please be sure to keep a backup copy of the file for reference and safety. Once a manuscript has been accepted, authors will be required to submit a final version on disk.