| Acronym | Meaning |
| GSA | Genetics Societies Of America |
| CEPH | Centre D'Etude Du Polymorphisme Humain |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| CONTIG | Consortium Of Teachers In Genetics |
| IARC | International Agency For Research On Cancer |
| UCLA | University Of California |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| GBASE | Genome Database Of The Mouse |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |