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ISSN 0962-8436

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Philosophical Transactions :

Biological Sciences

Volume 352 Pages 255-417 Number 1351 29 March 1997

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London SERIES B

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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Editor: Professor P. D. Wall

Editorial Board Dr Q. Bone, Marine Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB Dr G. A. Boxshall, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD Professor G. Fryer, Elleray Cottage, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 lAW Professor J. P. Hughes, Parke-Davis Neuroscience Research Centre, Addenbrookes Hospital Site, Hills Road,

Cambridge CB1 2QB Sir John Maddox, 9 Pitt Street, London W8 4NX Professor J. M. O'Keefe, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street,

London WC1E 6BT Professor S. Rose, Department of Biology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Professor L. Weiskrantz, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD

Corresponding Editors Professor T. M. Jessell, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Laboratories, Columbia University College of Physicians

and Surgeons, Hammer Health Sciences Center, 10th Floor, 701 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA Professor K. L. Magleby, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine,

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Scope. Philosophical Transactions series B welcomes papers on any aspect of biological science. Authors may send their papers direct to the Society's Editorial Office, whose address is given below; it is no longer a requirement that papers be submitted through a Fellow or Foreign Member of the Society, although authors may do so if they wish. In general, papers for

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Publication. We aim to publish papers within five to seven months of receipt; to this end the cooperation of authors is

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EDITORIAL

Philosophical Transactions is changing

Starting 1 July 1997, research papers will no longer be accepted for consideration for

publication in Philosophical Transactions B. Instead, they will be transferred for consideration by the Editor of Proceedings B.

Proceedings B will continue its policy of rapid publication of brief research reports. When the Editor of Proceedings B receives a long research paper, it will be reviewed in the

usual way, the timescale being longer due to the larger volume of material in these cases. If it is accepted for publication, a brief version of the paper will appear in print in the form used for research reports in Proceedings B, normally less than eight pages in length. In addition, an

appendix, prepared by the author and approved by the Editor of Proceedings B, can be made available by the Royal Society on its Internet facilities. The authors of the paper will be

responsible for preparing the electronic copy of any appendix, but the Editor's decision on its

suitability for dissemination will be final. The first, introductory part of the paper for

publication will be processed by the staff of the Royal Society. Starting 1 January 1998, Philosophical Transactions B will adopt its new form. Thejournal will

continue to publish papers of the Discussion Meetings of the Royal Society. In addition, it will

accept 'themes' in which an entire issue is taken up with a series of review papers on a given broad subject. The journal will also accept thoughtful extensive reviews, or monographs, on a

single topic. Authors are urged to write to the Editor with brief proposals for theme issues or for exploratory speculative reviews.

In this way, the two journals, Proceedings and Philosophical Transactions, will adopt clearly separated tasks. Proceedings will publish research papers with the option of extended appendices on the Internet. Philosophical Transactions will concentrate on reports of Discussion Meetings, tlheme issues and reviews. (The two A-side journals have been reorganized in a similar way.)

The success of the new form Philosophical Transactions B will depend on authors making proplosals to take advantage of the opportunity to publish provocative reviews on topics of

conternporarv interest. You will receive every possible assistance: do contact me or the editorial office at the Royal Society.

PATRICK D. WALL

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