| Acronym | Meaning |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| CATCMB | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| ICES | International Council Of Electrophoresis Societies |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute |