| Acronym | Meaning |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| QDFM | Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping |
| CORN | Council Of Regional Networks For Genetic Services |
| IJCAI | International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| AAP | Association Of American Physicians |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |
| ERI | Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |
| GPI | Genetics And Public Issues Program |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |