| Acronym | Meaning |
| WCCS | Workshop On Complete CDNA Sequencing |
| UW | University Of Washington |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| AWCH | Adelaide Women And Children's Hospital |
| FCM | Flow Cytometry |