| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFIP/ARP | Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathol./Am. Registry Of Pathol. |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| IU | Indiana University |
| CCM | Chromosome Coordinating Meeting |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| GMCRF | General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation |
| MBC | Massachusetts Biotechnology Council |