| Acronym | Meaning |
| DM | Myotonic Dystrophy |
| WSES | World Scientific And Engineering Society |
| BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |
| GESTEC | Genome Science And Technology Center |
| ISAG | Intl. Society For Animal Genetics |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| RH | Radiation Hybrid |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |