| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |
| ISAG | Intl. Society For Animal Genetics |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| FRAXA | Fragile X Locus |