| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICES | International Council Of Electrophoresis Societies |
| WHS | Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |
| NABT | Natl. Assoc. Of Biology Teachers |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| CIRB | Colorado Institute For Research In Biotechnology |
| MGD | Mouse Genome Database |
| AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |