| Acronym | Meaning |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| GMD | Genomic Map Design |
| MCD | Mouse Cytogenetic Database |
| HGN | Human Genome News |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |