| Acronym | Meaning |
| EURESCO | European Research Conferences |
| UMBC | University Of Maryland |
| NEH | National Endowment For The Humanities |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research And Development Agreement |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |
| UT | University Of Tennessee |