| Ac | Apis cerana cerana |
| br | brown |
| siRNA | short interfering RNA |
| TH | tyrosine hydroxylase |
| DDC | Dopa decarboxylase |
| aaNAT | Laccase 2, N−acetyldopamine transferase |
| ADC | aspartate 1−decarboxylase |
| bl | black gene |
| RT-qPCR | reverse transcription quantitative PCR |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| SNPs | single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| GATK | Genome Analysis Toolkit |
| QD | QualByDepth |
| FS | FisherStrand |
| MQ | RMSMapping Quality |
| ED | Euclidean distance |
| CDS | coding region sequences |
| cDNAs | complementary DNAs |
| NC | negative control siRNA |
| MRJP | major royal jelly protein |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
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