| Acronym | Meaning |
| USDA | U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| SSLP | Single-sequence Length Polymorphism |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |
| ISONG | Intl. Soc. Of Nurses In Genet. |
| SERGG | Southeast Regional Genetics Group |
| NACHGR | Natl. Advisory Council For Human Genome Res. |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| ASIP | American Society For Investigative Pathologists |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |