| Acronym | Meaning |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| ICRF | Imperial Cancer Research Fund |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| GDB/OMIM | Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| QDFM | Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| AVS | American Vacuum Society |
| NMHCC | National Managed Health Care Congress |