| Acronym | Meaning |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| ABI | Applied Biosystems |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| GDB/OMIM | Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |
| AES | American Electrophoresis Society |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| MGI | Microbial Genome Initiative |
| SIB | Society For Industrial Biology |