| Acronym | Meaning |
| AES | American Electrophoresis Society |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| UMBC | University Of Maryland |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| SSLP | Single-sequence Length Polymorphism |