Copy-editor’s checklist

Paper reference no:

GENERAL PerfectIt run Article type at top Title Sense Animal identified if relevant Add ‘meta-analysis’ or ‘systematic review’ if appropriate

Received/accepted dates included Abstract Headings correct Sufficient data Data matches main text Data availability details present? Address for correspondence exactly matches author’s affiliation Keywords Alphabetical order Add Keyword ‘Review’, Meta- analysis’ or ‘Systematic review’ if appropriate Abbreviations Alphabetical order Used consistently throughout Headings correctly styled SI units throughout Check gene symbols are up-to-date and add alias if not Check any named references in text against citations in list Any personal communications Any unpublished data End matter Acknowledgements (not mandatory) Data availability Funding statement Duality of interest statement Author contribution statement Correct order

FIGURES No. of figs Cited in order, all referred to Figure legends correctly styled Symbols in figure legends correspond with those on figure SI units in all figs Deleted keys explained in fig legend Flow charts: all values add up correctly Data matches main text TABLES No. of tables Extent of spanner rules in column headers clear Cited in order, all referred to Table header/footnotes correctly styled Footnote markers all have matching symbol in body of table Abbreviations not in main list explained Footnotes in correct order Large tables: additional queries added Percentages add up Data matches main text REFERENCES Delete issue numbers Any abstracts? Any websites? Date accessed included? ESM No of tables: No of Figs: Text (Methods/Results etc.?): All parts called out correctly in main paper and cited in correct order Standard query added and adapted as appropriate CLINICAL TRIALS Clinical trial no? CONSORT queries added for RCT? Add ‘randomised controlled trial’ to the title if appropriate

NOTES Heading levels Two Three Footnote(s) on title page? Two levels of indenting in table? Which table? Abbreviations Single abbreviation? No abbreviations? Equation editor: VO ? 2max, etc. Textboxes? Open access needed? Wellcome/MRC/NIH Springer Compact