Cover letter

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Dear Editor name,

We are writing to accompany our submission, “article title” by authors for consideration by Integrative and Comparative Biology. We confirm that this manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration for other publications.

[select appropriate option for how your manuscript was invited]: 

Option (1) This manuscript was invited as part of a SICB symposium, where I/we/[name of co-author] presented a talk / poster entitled [presentation title] by [presentation authors] at the symposium / complimentary session to the symposium entitled [symposium name].

Option (2) This manuscript was invited as part of a special issue [title of the invited issue] 

Option (3) This manuscript was invited in recognition of being awarded the [insert name of SICB award, e.g. Dorothy Skinner Award, or best student presentation in [division name]]…

Option (4) Our manuscript was invited by the editor [insert name] on [date] for submission to ICB.

Give here a brief statement about the content of your manuscript. Such as “Our study shows… and these findings are important because ….” or “Our review discusses …” or “Our manuscript describes …” or “Our study is relevant to Integrative and Comparative Biology’s readership because… ”

Correspondence may be addressed to [insert name and contact details of corresponding author].

All authors of the paper have fulfilled criteria for authorship and agreed to submit to the journal.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

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