| Acronym | Meaning |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| NYAS | New York Academy Of Science |
| SSLP | Single-sequence Length Polymorphism |
| LTI | Life Technologies |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
| SIVB | Society For In Vitro Biology |
| DIMACS | Center For Discrete Math. & Theoretical Comp. Sci. |
| CONTIG | Consortium Of Teachers In Genetics |