| Acronym | Meaning |
| USDA | U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| UT | University Of Tennessee |
| AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |
| UW | University Of Washington |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| ASPET | American Society For Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics |
| BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |