| Acronym | Meaning |
| FMF | Familial Mediterranean Fever |
| INRIA | French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control |
| HAEC | Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome |
| NSF | Natl. Sci. Foundation |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research And Development Agreement |
| ESHG | European Society Of Human Genetics |
| SIMS | Societal Institute Of The Mathematical Sciences |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| CM | Centimorgan |