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            Conference proceedings  Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell
                                 Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.
            Conference paper     Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza's computational effort statistic for genetic
                                 programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic
                                 programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming;
                                 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin: Springer; 2002. pp. 182-91.
            Unpublished material  Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J, Kreitman M. Signature of balancing selection in Arabidopsis.
                                 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Forthcoming 2002.
           For other types of references, please refer to U.S. National Library of Medicine.
           The journal also recommends that authors prepare references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote to
           avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references.

           2.3.3.8 Supplementary Materials
           Additional  data  and  information  can  be  uploaded  as  Supplementary  Materials  to  accompany  the  manuscripts.  The
           supplementary  materials  will  also  be  available  to  the  referees  as  part  of  the  peer-review  process.  Any  file  format  is
           acceptable, such as data sheet (word, excel, csv, cdx, fasta, pdf or zip files), presentation (powerpoint, pdf or zip files), image
           (cdx, eps, jpeg, pdf, png or tiff), table (word, excel, csv or pdf), audio (mp3, wav or wma) or video (avi, divx, flv, mov, mp4,
           mpeg, mpg or wmv). All information should be clearly presented. Supplementary materials should be cited in the main text
           in numeric order (e.g., Supplementary Figure 1, Supplementary Figure 2, Supplementary Table 1, Supplementary Table 2,
           etc.). The style of supplementary figures or tables complies with the same requirements on figures or tables in main text.
           Videos and audios should be prepared in English, and limited to a size of 500 MB.

           2.4 Manuscript Format
           2.4.1 File Format
           Manuscript files can be in DOC and DOCX formats and should not be locked or protected.

           2.4.2 Length
           There are no restrictions on paper length, number of figures, or number of supporting documents. Authors are encouraged
           to present and discuss their findings concisely.

           2.4.3 Language
           Manuscripts must be written in English.

           2.4.4 Multimedia Files
           The journal supports manuscripts with multimedia files. The requirements are listed as follows:
           Videos or audio files are only acceptable in English. The presentation and introduction should be easy to understand. The
           frames should be clear, and the speech speed should be moderate.
           A brief overview of the video or audio files should be given in the manuscript text.
           The video or audio files should be limited to a size of up to 500 MB.
           Please use professional software to produce high-quality video files, to facilitate acceptance and publication along with the
           submitted article. Upload the videos in mp4, wmv, or rm format (preferably mp4) and audio files in mp3 or wav format.

           2.4.5 Figures
           Figures should be cited in numeric order (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2) and placed after the paragraph where it is first cited;
           Figures can be submitted in format of tiff, psd, AI or jpeg, with resolution of 300-600 dpi;
           Figure caption is placed under the Figure;
           Diagrams with describing words (including, flow chart, coordinate diagram, bar chart, line chart, and scatter diagram, etc.)
           should be editable in word, excel or powerpoint format. Non-English information should be avoided;
           Labels, numbers, letters, arrows, and symbols in figure should be clear, of uniform size, and contrast with the background;
           Symbols, arrows, numbers, or letters used to identify parts of the illustrations must be identified and explained in the
           legend;
           Internal scale (magnification) should be explained and the staining method in photomicrographs should be identified;
           All non-standard abbreviations should be explained in the legend;
           Permission  for  use  of  copyrighted  materials  from  other  sources,  including  re-published,  adapted,  modified,  or  partial
           figures and images from the internet, must be obtained. It is authors’ responsibility to acquire the licenses, to follow any
           citation instruction requested by third-party rights holders, and cover any supplementary charges.

           2.4.6 Tables
           Tables should be cited in numeric order and placed after the paragraph where it is first cited;
           The table caption should be placed above the table and labeled sequentially (e.g., Table 1, Table 2);
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