| Acronym | Meaning |
| UW | University Of Washington |
| WCCS | Workshop On Complete CDNA Sequencing |
| WHS | Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome |
| WLMG | Wellcome Laboratory For Molecular Genetics |
| WSES | World Scientific And Engineering Society |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| XIST | Candidate Gene For X-inactivation Center |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |