| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| SERGG | Southeast Regional Genetics Group |
| GSDB | Genome Sequence Data Base |
| UCB | University Of California |
| CATCMB/CUA | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology/Catholic Univ. Of America |
| ISTR | Institute For Science Training And Research |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| PAC | P1 Artificial Chromosome |