Title change announcement - DNA Sequence to Mitochondrial DNA.

We are pleased to announce that with the publication of issue 19:4 (July 2008) DNA Sequence: the Journal of DNA Mapping, Sequencing and Analysis will change its title to Mitochondrial DNA. The title change also heralds the introduction of a new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal: Professor Rob de Salle of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Professor de Salle has worked in conjunction with the former Editor, the Publisher and a new Editorial Board to provide a new direction for the Journal. Mitochondrial DNA will accept original high quality reports based on mapping, sequencing and analysis of mitochondrial DNA and RNA. Descriptive papers on DNA sequences from mitochondrial genomes, and also analytical papers in the areas of population genetics, medical genetics, phylogenetics and human evolution that use mitochondrial DNA as a source of evidence for studies will be considered for publication. The Editorial Board will also consider manuscripts that examine population genetic and systematic theory that specifically address the use of mitochondrial DNA sequences, as well as papers that discuss the utility of mitochondrial DNA information in medical studies and in human evolutionary biology. The Journal is supported by a specially selected Editorial Board consisting of representatives from the fields of Human and Medical Mitochondrial DNA, MitoGenomics, Population Genetics and Mitochondrial Parasitology. To coincide with the launch of the new title we have also introduced a fully electronic, online submission system. To view instructions on how to prepare your manuscript or to make a submission please visit http:// mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gdna For more information on Mitochondrial DNA please visit the Journal website at www.informaworld. com/MitochondrialDNA We wish to thank all of those that have supported DNA Sequence since its launch in 1990. In particular we would like to thanks Dr Bart Barrell of the Sanger Institute, Cambridge, who first launched the Journal and Professor Stephan Beck, the departing Editor, who has done so much work to ensure quality and regularity of publication since he took the editorship in 2003. We trust that you find the new incarnation of the Journal every bit as edifying as DNA Sequence.