| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSLP | Single-sequence Length Polymorphism |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| INRIA | French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control |
| AAAI | American Association ForArtificial Intelligence |
| NAS | Natl. Academy Of Sciences |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |
| IOM | Institute Of Medicine |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |