| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACE | Angiotensin-converting Enzyme |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| ACMG | American College Of Medical Genet. |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| EMG | Encyclopedia Of The Mouse Genome |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |