| CCIs | Cell–Cell Interactions |
| cAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |
| RNAi | RNA Interference |
| bulk RNA-seq | Bulk RNA sequencing |
| scRNA-seq | Single Cell RNA sequencing |
| ST | Spatial Transcriptomics |
| TF | Transcription Factor |
| MOSTA | Mouse Organogenesis Spatiotemporal Transcriptome Atlas |
| ODE | Ordinary Differential Equations |
| ORA | Over-Representation Analysis |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| ZGA | Zygotic Genome Activation |
| ICM | Inner Cell Mass |
| TE | Trophectoderm |