| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| WSES | World Scientific And Engineering Society |
| ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| AIBS | Am. Inst. Of Biol. Soc. |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |