pH: potentiel de l'hydrogène.
RAPD: RandomAmplifiedPolymorphic DNA.
RFLP: Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism.
SDS-PAGE: Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate - Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis.
SNPs : Single Nucleotide Polymorphism.
Taq: Thermusaquaticus.
Tm: meltingtemperature, température de fusion moléculaire.
Tris: trishydroxyméthylaminométhane.
VNTR: Variable number tandem repeat.