Instructions to authors
Comparative Cytogenetics is a peer-reviewed English-language journal publishing papers on classical cytogenetics, karyosystematics, and molecular systematics of all groups of plants and animals from all regions of the world.
Papers concerning descriptions and photos of karyotypes, characteristics of mitosis and meiosis, micro- and macrogametogenesis, modes of reproduction, mechanisms of sex determination and taxonomic conclusions are preferred. Papers are published without page charges. Authors are strongly encouraged to pay a fee of 20 Euros per printed page to give free on-line access of their papers. Short notes about cytogenetic conferences and meetings, new books, PhD dissertations etc. are also published without payment.
The Editorial Board is open for cooperation with organization committees of cytogenetic conferences for publication of the proceedings in Comparative Cytogenetics.
Authors receive an electronic copy (.pdf) of the paper without additional payment. Authors can use the free e-reprint (.pdf) for personal use only (printing a copy for own use or exchange with other researches, but not for deposition in a library/ library website for public access).
Manuscripts must be sent by e-mails: coccids@zin.ru or coccids@mail.ru to Dr. Ilya Gavrilov with subject "Comparative Cytogenetics" or by regular mail (with an e-copy on CD): to Dr. I.A. Gavrilov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
The journal has a matter size 16 x 22 cm and is printed on A4 paper. Text should be typewritten in MS Word, spacing 1.5 line, font Times New Roman, size 12. The format of papers: title, author(s)` name(s), postal address(es) and e-mail(s) of all authors; body of the paper (excluding reviews and short reports): Abstract, Introduction, Material and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References.
A list of figures is given after the References together with the text of the manuscript. Figures and Tables are given as separate files. Photos and figures (.tif or .jpg or .cdr, 600 dpi, "Grayscale" mode [for black-and-white photos and figures] and "RGB Color" [for colour photos and figures]) must be sent by e-mail or regular mail or submitted as high-quality photographic prints. It is strongly recommended to prepare all schematic drawings (phylogenetic trees, designations of discs on polythene chromosomes, etc.) as CorelDraw files. Only the scale bar should be placed on the figures. The value of scale should be indicated in figure legend. Figures and tables should be clearly referred as: Fig. 1, Figs 1-5, Table 1, Tables 2-3 etc. Each table, figure or group of figures should be planned to fit into the area of either one or two column of the text. The dimension of printed page should be taken into consideration - the maximum size of a one-column figure should be 75 x 215 mm, two-column illustration - 160 x 215 mm (dimension of a whole printed page).
All scientific names of the generic and specific rank are given in italics. If mentioned first, they should be followed by the author`s name (authors` names) and year of publication. Taxonomic conclusions must be consistent with the International Codes of Zoological/Botanical Nomenclature. The groups of sibling species must be named according to binominal nomenclature, e.g. Chironomus plumosus group or Ch. plumosus group, not "plumosus" group!
References:
Journal papers:
Brown S.W. 1954. Mitosis and meiosis in Luzula campestris DC // Univ. Calif. Publ. (Botany). 27: 231-278.
Moussel B. 1966. Contribution ? l'?tude caryotaxonomique des tiliac?es // Bull. Mus. Hist. Natur. (2). 38(3): 311-317.
Hinegardner R. 1974. Cellular DNA content in Crustacea // Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (Part B: Biochem. Mol. Biol.). 48(3): 343-348.
Kumar S., Tamura K., Nei M. 2004. MEGA3: integrated software for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis and sequence alignment // Briefings Bioinform. 5: 150-163.
Matevosyan A.K. 1977. Karyological peculiarities of the Ararat cochineal, Porphyrophora hamelii Brandt (Coccoidea: Margarodidae) // Tsitologiya. 19(6): 704-707. (In Russian).
Chubareva L.A., Petrova N.A. 2003. Karyotypes of blackflies (Diptera, Simuliidae) of the World // Entomol. Obozr. 82(1): 157-222. (In Russian, with English translation in Entomol. Review. 83 (2): 149-204).
Michailova P., Ilkova J., Sella G., Zampicinini GP., Petrova N., White K. 2007. Genome instability of Chironomus riparius Mg. and Chironomus piger Strenzke (Diptera, Chironomidae) // Caryologia. (In press).
Articles in a book:
Moharana S. 1990. Cytotaxonomy of coccids (Homoptera: Coccoidea), (pp. 47-54) // Proc. VI Int. Symp. Scale Insect Studies. Krakow, August 6-12, 1990, 2. Cracow. 162 p.
Blackman R.L. 1995. Sex determination in insects, (pp. 57-94) // Leather S.R., Hardie J. (Eds.). Insect Reproduction. Boca Raton. 255 p.
Patterson C.M., Burch J.B. 1978. Chromosomes of pulmonate mollusks, (pp. 171-217) // Fretter V., Peake J. (Eds.). Pulmonates. 2a. Systematics, evolution and ecology. London, New York, San Francisco. 540 p.
Monograph:
White M.J.D. 1973. Animal cytology and evolution. Cambridge. 961 p.
Semernoy V.P. 2004. Oligochaeta of Lake Baikal. Novosibirsk. 528 p. (In Russian).
Danzig E.M. 1980. Scale insects of the Far-Eastern USSR with phylogenetic analysis of scale insects of the world fauna. Keys to fauna of SSSR, published by Zoological Institute AN USSR. 124. Leningrad. 368 p. (In Russian, with English translation: Coccids of the Far-Eastern USSR (Homoptera, Coccinea). Phylogenetic analysis of coccids in the world fauna. New Delhi, Calcutta. 1986. 450 p.).
Danzig E.M. 1993. Scale insects (Coccinea). Families Phoenicococcidae and Diaspididae. Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. New series. 144. Rhynchota. 10. St. Petersburg. 453 p. (In Russian).
Dissertation::
Gavrilov I.A. 2005. Systematics and cytogenetics of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) of European Russia. Ph.D. Dissertation, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. St. Petersburg. 269 p. (In Russian).
Anokhin B.A. 2004. Revision of Hydrida (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa): comparative morphological, karyological and taxonomical aspects. Abstract of Ph.D. Dissertation, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. St. Petersburg. 24 p. (In Russian).
Internet resources (but not papers of online journals!), please, cite in the text, in brackets, with the date of access, e.g. (www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm