| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis |
| EMS | Environmental Mutagen Society |
| IMAGE | Integrated Molecular Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| UCLA | University Of California |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| NAS | Natl. Academy Of Sciences |
| MB | Megabase |