%0 Journal Article
%T A new beginning
%A John A Martignetti
%J Advances in Genomics and Genetics
%D 2011
%I 
%X John A MartignettiMount Sinai School of Medicine, Departments of Genetics and Genomic Science, Pediatrics, and Oncological Sciences, New York, USAIf you, as Oedipus was, were a traveler in ancient Thebes you may have been met by a perched chimeric interrogator posing a question only slightly more foreboding than ¡°Why a new genetics journal?¡± The mythical Sphinx, literally interpreted as representing the old pre-Olympian culture on the precipice of replacement, guarded the entrance to Thebes, and asked a riddle of all travelers prior to granting them entry.¡°Which creature is it that in the morning goes on four legs, at midday on two, and in the evening upon three?¡±Similarly, as you question why submit your work to, or review for, and indeed, even become the Editor-in-Chief of a new online access journal a sense of fear may overwhelm. While the Sphnix¡¯s punishment of being torn asunder and devoured may at least seem quick and to the point, would the efforts of being part of a new endeavor somehow be more inhumane.
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