| Acronym | Meaning |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| ERI | Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |
| OHER | Office Of Health And Environmental Research |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers |
| INRIA | French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control |
| GLARGG | Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |