| Acronym | Meaning |
| GESTEC | Genome Science And Technology Center |
| AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| MCD | Mouse Cytogenetic Database |
| CDNA | Complementary DNA |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| FRAXA | Fragile X Locus |