| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSU | Oregon State University |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| GMD | Genomic Map Design |
| ICRF | Imperial Cancer Research Fund |
| PRIM&R | Public Responsibility In Medicine & Research |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| NACHGR | Natl. Advisory Council For Human Genome Res. |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |