| Acronym | Meaning |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| ISTR | Institute For Science Training And Research |
| DMD | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| SIB | Society For Industrial Biology |
| BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| GSA | Genetics Societies Of America |
| BTCI | BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute |
| GPI | Genetics And Public Issues Program |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |