Abstracts are to be submitted by e-mail and will be confirmed through an e-mail reply. The e-mail address is: bga2001abs@bga.org. E-mail Abstracts must be received by Friday, March 2, 2001. One of several advantages of this procedure is that all members will have access to the abstracts well in advance of the annual meeting. We urge all members to use e-mail submission, but if that is not possible, we will accept a faxed or mailed version that follows the identical format used for e-mail submissions. Mailed or faxed submissions must be received one month early (February 2, 2001) to allow time for transcription into electronic form. Abstracts should be mailed to: Hermine H. Maes, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980003, Richmond VA 23298-0003, U.S.A. or faxed to 804 828 8801.

It is important to follow the instructions exactly so that the abstract will be handled properly by our computer programs. Please check your submission carefully before sending it. Do not include attachments.

Every abstract must have exactly the same eight sections (fields). Every field begins with a word set in all upper case characters and ending with a colon and appear on a separate line. The field names are shown here exactly as they must appear in your e-mailed abstract:
AUTHOR:
TITLE:
AFFILIATION AND NOTES:
MAIL:
ABSTRACT:
STATUS:
THOMPSON:
PRESENTATION PREFERENCE:
END

The entire submission should be followed by the word END (all upper case). Information about the abstract and its authors is to be added to lines in between these field names. On the reverse side is an example of an abstract submission which explains the meanings of the fields. Please refer to it before sending your abstract.

Bold or italic text can be created using simple HTML codes, for example:
<B>;these two codes will start and stop bold</B>	these two codes
<I>these two codes will start and stop italics</I>	these two codes
Superscript and subscript text work similarly:
<sup>left starts superscript, right ends superscript</sup>	abcleft starts super
<sub>left starts subscript, right ends subscript</sub>	abcleft starts sub

Please limit the use of special characters. No spaces are necessary before or after HTML codes.

Greek characters can be designated using the name of the character within square brackets (this is not HTML). Capital Greek letters should be represented by all upper case letters [OMEGA], and others in all lower case. (Lower case is usually what you want.) For example, [chi] and [alpha] will be displayed and typeset as lower case Greek and , and [chi]² will be set as ².

If you have questions about typesetting your abstract, see http://www.bga.org/abstracts/ or write to Hermine H. Maes at hmaes@hydro.psi.vcu.edu.

The following example abstract submission explains the meanings of the fields.

AUTHOR:
Use first name, middle initial, last name followed by superscript. Separate authors by comma's.
Joseph P. Hegmann¹, David W. Fulker, ², and J. C. DeFries, ²
TITLE:
Drug and alcohol consumption in 5 million twin pairs³
AFFILIATION AND NOTES:
Place the department, university and city/state/country of all authors here, as well as grant support.
¹Department of Zoology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.
²Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
³Supported by NIH Grant GM-12486. We thank our many students for doing all the work.
MAIL:
Place the mailing address of the first author here and include phone and fax numbers and e-mail address. Web URL can also go here. E.g.
Institute for Behavioral Genetics Campus Box 447 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 Phone:303 492 7363 Fax: 303 492 8063 E-mail: Joseph.Hegmann@Colorado.edu
ABSTRACT:
Type the full abstract in this section. It should not exceed 300 words, including references. Be sure to include full citations (with the exception of the title of the article) for any references, using the format shown in the example abstract which follows. (Citations are required by the publisher of Behavior Genetics.) E.g.
As seen previously in our 30-generation selection study of open field activity (J. C. DeFries, M. C. Gervais, and E. A. Thomas, 1978, <I>Behav. Genet.</I> <B>8</B>, 3-13), supporting Fulker's hypothesis (D. W. Fulker, 1978, in J. R. Royce and L. P. Mos, eds., <I>Theoretical Advances in Behavioral Genetics</I>, Sijthoff & Noordhoff, Alpen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands).
STATUS:
Enter here the membership status of the first author: (regular, associate, non-member who is joint author with a member, or non-member sponsored by __member_name_here__ )
THOMPSON:
Simply enter Yes or No on this line in answer to the question "Is this paper eligible for the Thompson Award?"
PRESENTATION PREFERENCE:
Place either the word "Oral" or the word "Poster" or the word "Symposium" to indicate which type of presentation you prefer to give.
END

Notes: Please do NOT use binary attachments to e-mail. For example, do NOT attach a word processor file to your e-mail message. Send the abstract as plain text in a regular e-mail message.
You will receive an immediate reply, informing you whether your abstract has been successfully received or not.