| Acronym | Meaning |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis |
| ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| MMRF | Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| TIGR/NIST | The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technol. |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| LTI | Life Technologies |
| ECB | European Congress On Biotechnology |
| ES | Embryonic Stem |