| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| IBC | International Business Communications |
| CDNA | Complementary DNA |
| UC | University Of California |
| SIVB | Society For In Vitro Biology |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| STRP | Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism |
| HGMIS | Human Genome Management Information System |
| GSA | Genetics Societies Of America |