| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |
| CATCMB | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| ASCI | American Society For Clinical Investigation |
| IBI | Institute For Biotechnology Information |
| ISONG | Intl. Soc. Of Nurses In Genet. |
| GSDB | Genome Sequence Data Base |
| NRC | National Research Council |