The entire report, when typeset, should fit on as few printed pages as possible. Standard typing and statistical analysis methods used should be briefly noted. The results of statistical analyses showing that the population exhibits HWE proportions should also be reported in the tabular format. If classes were combined for purposes of statistical tests, this fact should be noted. In reports covering multiple loci, any deviations from independence between or across loci should be reported in a brief statement.
References are to be kept to a minimum.
The editor reserves the right to verify that data are at a stated web site in complete form before proceeding. The data set does not have to be downloadable, but it must be viewable. T his policy is designed to insure that the journal fulfills its responsibilities to be a record of data that is important to forensic science laboratories and researchers, but to do so in a more efficient way. It may also help to encourage the formation of one or more web-based population genetic data sites that would prove useful to population genetics researchers and to DNA typing laboratories alike. The need for a web-based repository is fairly widely recognized, and efforts are being made to address it.