| Acronym | Meaning |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |
| OPRR | Office Of Protection From Res. Risks |
| AAAI | American Association ForArtificial Intelligence |
| EORTC | European Organization For Research And Treatment Of Cancer |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| CONTIG | Consortium Of Teachers In Genetics |
| RH | Radiation Hybrid |
| UT | University Of Tennessee |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |