| Acronym | Meaning |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| RH | Radiation Hybrid |
| GSDB | Genome Sequence Data Base |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| GLARGG | Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| GMD | Genomic Map Design |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |
| NFID | National Foundation For Infectious Diseases |