| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| IBF | International Business Forum |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| NICHD | National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| MOD | March Of Dimes |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| ES | Embryonic Stem |