| Acronym | Meaning |
| UC | University Of California |
| IJCAI | International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence |
| ISAG | Intl. Society For Animal Genetics |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| ABRF | Association Of Biomolecular Resource Facilities |
| CHH | Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia |
| NICHD | National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development |
| AAIP | American Association Of Investigative Pathologists |