| Acronym | Meaning |
| BTCI | BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| FVEA | Fundacion Valenciana De Estudios Avanzados |
| ISAG | Intl. Society For Animal Genetics |
| MB | Megabase |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |