| Acronym | Meaning |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| QDFM | Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping |
| ABA | Australian Biotechnol. Assoc. |
| USDA | U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| FCM | Flow Cytometry |
| MCD | Mouse Cytogenetic Database |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |