BISC 219: Assignment Help- Transgenic plants research report

How to write a research report or article in Science style
The following information is excerpted from Science magazine’s information for authors found at: http://0-www.sciencemag.org.luna.wellesley.edu/about/authors/prep/gen_info.dtl

General guidelines may be accessed at: http://0-www.sciencemag.org.luna.wellesley.edu/about/authors/prep/prep_init.dtl You should consider your paper a Report: Reports (up to ~2500 words or ~3 journal pages) present important new research results of broad significance. Reports should include an abstract, an introductory paragraph, up to four figures or tables, and a maximum of 30 references. Materials and Methods should usually be included in supporting online material, which may also include information needed to support the paper's conclusions.

Science reference format is a modified citation sequence style. You can find more instructions and examples at the instructions to authors pages: http://0-www.sciencemag.org.luna.wellesley.edu/about/authors/prep/res/refs.dtl

Style guidelines for Science style can be accessed at: http://0-www.sciencemag.org.luna.wellesley.edu/about/authors/prep/res/style.dtl Note that this journal has a strong preference for active voice. See the example in the cited style page above.

Manuscript Preparation for Science Information excerpted below available in the Feb. 6, 2009 issue of Science Vol. 323 p 807 or in pdf form at: http://0-www.sciencemag.org.luna.wellesley.edu/cgi/issue_pdf/admin_pdf/323/5915.pdf

See Information for Authors at www.sciencemag.org/about/authors for more detailed information. Some pertinent excerpts are found below: One page in the journal contains approximately 1000 words and one small figure. Use doubles-pacing throughout the text, tables, figure legends, and references and notes. Electronic files should be formatted for U.S. letter paper. Titles should be no more than 96 characters (including spaces) for Reports.

One-sentence summaries capturing the most important point should be submitted for all papers on a separate title page. Abstracts explain to the general reader why the research was done and why the results are important. The abstract should present background information to convey the context of the research, describe the results, and draw general conclusions.

Text starts with a brief introduction describing the paper’s significance, which should be intelligible to readers in other disciplines. Technical terms should be defined. Symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms should be defined the first time they are used. All tables and figures should be cited in numerical order. References and notes are numbered in the order in which they are cited, first through the text, then through the text of the references, and then through the figure and table legends. Each reference should have a unique number; do not combine references or embed references in notes. Do not use op. cit. or ibid.

Acknowledgments, including complete funding information, and any information related to authorship conflict of interest, should be gathered into the last numbered reference.

Tables should be included at the end of the references and should supplement, not duplicate the text. The first sentence of the table legend should be a brief descriptive title. Every vertical column should have a heading, consisting of a title with the unit of measure in parentheses. Units should not change within a column.

Figure legends should be double-spaced in numerical order. The figure title should be given as the first line of the legend. No single legend should be longer than ~200 words. Nomenclature, abbreviations, symbols, and units used in a figure should match those used in the text. Units should be metric and follow SI conventions.

No part of a figure may be selectively manipulated. When figures are assembled from multiple gels or micrographs, a line or space should indicate the border between two original images.

Graphs should be labeled on the ordinate and abscissa with the parameter or variable being measured, the units of measure, and the scale. Scales with large or small numbers should be presented as powers of 10. Simple solid or open symbols reduce well. Avoid the use of light lines and screen shading. Instead, use black-andwhite, hatched, and cross-hatched designs for emphasis. Use scale bars in place of, or in addition to, magnifications.

(Note from 219 instructors: Although Science requests that Materials and Methods and other supporting evidence be submitted as SOM (supporting material on line), your Science style submission for BISC219 will not include any SOM; therefore, please so include an important M&M information in the References and Notes section. See older issues of Science such as the 1999 Science paper we read on salt tolerance for a good model.)