| Acronym | Meaning |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| IBC | International Business Communications |
| ASPET | American Society For Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| MB | Megabase |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |