| Acronym | Meaning |
| BP | Base Pair |
| QDFM | Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| MGI | Microbial Genome Initiative |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |