Table 1

The acronyms used for conserved regions (or elements, tags, or sequences) in different publications

Acronym

Meaning

Indicative references

HCR

Highly conserved region

[3]

CNS

Conserved noncoding sequence

[4]

CNC

Conserved non coding

[37]

CNG

Conserved non genic

[26]

CST

Conserved sequence tag

[40]

MCS

Multispecies conserved sequence

[13, 17]

UCE

Ultra conserved element

[14, 18]

ECR

Evolutionary conserved region

[41]

CNE

Conserved noncoding element

[20]

ANCOR

Ancestral non-coding conserved region

This article

This article opts for a pronounceable acronym (ANCOR) as a means of facilitating communication.

Aloni and Lancet Genome Biology 2005 6:115   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-7-115