| Acronym | Meaning |
| IARC | International Agency For Research On Cancer |
| SERGG | Southeast Regional Genetics Group |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
| UT | University Of Tennessee |
| MB | Megabase |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| CEPH | Centre D'Etude Du Polymorphisme Humain |
| SULS | Suffolk Univ. Law School |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |