| Acronym | Meaning |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| NICHD | National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| GMCRF | General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| ASHG | American Society For Human Genetics |
| AVS | American Vacuum Society |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |