| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAP | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis |
| AAIP | American Association Of Investigative Pathologists |
| TIGR/NIST | The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technol. |
| WHS | Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome |
| ORDA | NIH Office Of Recombinant DNA Activities |
| GLARGG | Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group |
| FRAXA | Fragile X Locus |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |