| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASCI | American Society For Clinical Investigation |
| GDB/OMIM | Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| SBH | Sequencing By Hybridization |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |