| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| TIGR/NIST | The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technol. |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| XIST | Candidate Gene For X-inactivation Center |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| CCM | Chromosome Coordinating Meeting |
| EMBO | European Molecular Biology Organisation |