| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| QDFM | Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| AWCH | Adelaide Women And Children's Hospital |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |