| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCD | Mouse Cytogenetic Database |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| IBI | Institute For Biotechnology Information |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| GDB/OMIM | Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| ISONG | Intl. Soc. Of Nurses In Genet. |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |