AUTHORISATION AND DECLARATION: Authors must accept full responsibility for the content of their articles. The Members of the Editorial Board and the Publisher of the journal are not responsible for the statements and opinions expressed by the authors in their articles/write-up published in the journal. While submitting the paper the author (s) must give a declaration that, “the article has not been published or sent for publication elsewhere”.

SIZE: An article should not generally exceed twelve printed pages (18 double spaced typed pages of MS Word). The authors would be charged for additional pages, even if a longer article is accepted for publication.  Reporting of frequency data may be accepted in the form of small report. Such reports should generally not exceed four pages, including tables/figures.

TITLE: The paper title, author’s name, affiliation, complete address, Fax number, and e-mail address should appear on the first page of the article. When there is more than one author, the correspondence will be sent to the first author, unless otherwise requested.

RUNNING HEAD: Not more than 40 characters (including spaces) should be identified on the title page.

ABSTRACT: Not exceeding 150 words.

KEYWORDS: Not exceeding six should accompany the manuscript.

TABLE: Each table should be typed separately and marked in the text in numerical order.

ILLUSTRATION: It should be clear, concise, and good for reproduction (maximum size for illustrations is 120 x 180 mm/80x160mm). All illustrations are referred to as Figures.

PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph should be sharp for reproduction (maximum size for photographs is 120 x 180mm/80x160 mm).

LIST: A separate list of tables, figures, and illustrations with captions should accompany the manuscript.   

METRIC SYSTEM: The metric system should conform to the International System of Units (S. I.).

REFERENCES: These should be listed at the end of article, arranged alphabetically according to the surnames of the authors and then chronologically. Following are examples of the proper reference style of various sources:

Journals: Bhasin MK, Foerster W, Fuhrmann W I973. A cytogenetic study of recurrent abortion. Humangenetik, 18: 111-117. 

Books: Bhasin MK, Chahal SMS 1996. A Laboratory Manual for Human Blood Analysis. Gurugram: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.

Sections of Books: Bhasin MK, Walter H, Danker-Hopfe H 1994. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and abnormal haemoglobins (HB S and HB E) in people of India.  In: Veena Bhasin (Ed.): People Health and Disease: The Indian Scenario. Gurugram: Kamla-Raj Enterprises pp. 131-159.

Meeting Paper: Bhasin MK 2003. Genetics of Castes and Tribes of India. Paper presented in the Seminar on Peopling of India at Central Forensic Science Laboratory. Kolkata, March 19 - 20.

Report: Hasstedt SJ, Cartwright PE 1981. PAP: Pedigree Analysis Package. Tech Rep No 13, Department of Biophysics and Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Thesis / Dissertation: Mallikarjuna Rao 2001. A Strategy for the Definitive Diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome and Correlation of Mutational Status to the Clinical Severity. Ph.D. thesis, Unpublished. Hyderabad: Osmania University.

Work “in press”: Bhasin MK 2004. Human population cytogenetics: A review. Int J Hum Genet, (in press).

Website: Fattovich R 2008. The development of urbanism in the Northern Horn of Africa in ancient and medieval Times.  From <http://www. arkeologi.uu.se/afr/projects/BOOK/fattowich.pdf> (Retrieved on 19 February 2008).

When there are more than three authors use et al. in place of rest of the authors.

REFERENCES IN THE TEXT: References citations in the text should be in parentheses and include author name(s) and year of publication. Text citations of two or more works at the time should be given in chronological order. When citing a paper written by three or more authors, write the name of the first author plus “et al.” (However, all authors must be given in the Reference section). Where there are two or more papers by the same author in one year, distinguishing letter (a, b, c....) should be added to year. All references should be carefully crosschecked; it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that references are correct.

PROOFS: The galley proofs will be sent to the corresponding author via email for correction of typographical errors only; alterations other than correction of printer errors will be charged to the author. All corrections should be marked clearly, directly on page proofs.

OFFPRINT: These may be ordered at prices shown on the order blank accompanying proofs. No free reprints are supplied, but any number in excess of 100, with or without covers, may be purchased. The order, along with payment, for reprints and extra printed pages (if paper exceeds twelve printed pages) should be sent to the Administrative Editor.