| Acronym | Meaning |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research And Development Agreement |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| AFIP/ARP | Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathol./Am. Registry Of Pathol. |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| GMCRF | General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| NABT | Natl. Assoc. Of Biology Teachers |
| PG | Plant Genome |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |