| Acronym | Meaning |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |
| NAPBC | Natl. Action Plan On Breast Cancer |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| ORDA | NIH Office Of Recombinant DNA Activities |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| WLMG | Wellcome Laboratory For Molecular Genetics |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |