| EGA | embryonic genome activation |
| ZGA | Zygotic genome activation |
| Zfp296 | zinc finger protein 296 |
| pdaj | adjusted p-value |
| C2H2 | Cys2-His2 |
| KDM5B | lysine demethylase 5B |
| SMARCA4 | SWI/SNF related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily a, member 4 |
| DNMT1 | DNA methyltransferase 1 |
| DNMT3B | DNA methyltransferase 3 beta |
| HP1β | chromobox 1 |
| UHRF1 | ubiquitin like with PHD and ring finger domains 1 |
| H3K9me3 | Trimethylation of lysine 9 on histone H3 protein |
| H3K4me3 | Tri-methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 |
| DUX | Double homeobox |
| SCNT | Somatic cell nuclear transfer |
| zf | zinc finger |
| mESCs | mouse embryonic stem cells |
| KO | knockout |
| WT | wild type |
| e.v | empty vector |
| GO | gene ontology |
| NC | Negative control |
| KRAB | Krüppel-associated box domain |
| NuRD | The nucleosome-remodeling and deacetylase |