| Acronym | Meaning |
| UCB | University Of California |
| ELSI | Ethical |
| SASE | Sample Sequencing |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| RLGS | Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| HAEC | Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |