| PCR–RFLP | Polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| MLPA | Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification |
| DHPLC | Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography |
| qPCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| dPCR | Digital polymerase chain reaction |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| Cas | CRISPR-associated |
| PAM | Protospacer adjacent motif |
| crRNA | CRISPR RNA |
| TS | Target strand |
| NTS | Non-target strand |
| ssDNA | Single-stranded DNA |
| RPA | Recombinase polymerase amplification |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus |
| DETECTR | DNA endonuclease-targeted CRISPR trans reporter |
| RT-LAMP | Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification |
| ASFV | African swine fever virus |
| MPXV | Mpox Virus |
| RhV | Rhinovirus |
| HAdV | Human adenovirus |
| GBS | Streptococcus agalactiae |
| IA | Influenza A |
| IB | Influenza B |
| RSV | Respiratory syncytial virus |
| RT–qPCR | Reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction |
| HOLMES | one-HOur Low-cost Multipurpose highly Efficient System |
| ECF | East Coast fever |
| RAA | Recombinase-assisted isothermal amplification |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| MPNs | Myeloproliferative neoplasms |
| CACBA | Aptamer chemiluminescence assay |
| RCT | Rolling circle transcription |
| hOGG1 | Human 8-hydroxyguanine DNA glycosidase |
| FEN1 | Flap endonuclease 1 |
| CagA | Cytotoxin-associated gene A |
| VacA | Vacuolar cytotoxin A |
| LAMP | Loop-mediated isothermal amplification |
| LHON | Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy |
| SMA | Spinal muscular atrophy |
| DMD | Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| microRNAs | miRNAs |
| LFA | Lateral flow assay |
| AcrVA5 | V-A anti-CRISPR protein 5 |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| PCSDA | PLA-induced Cascade strand displacement and amplification |
| MCDA | Multiple cross-displacement amplification |
| J2 | Single second-stage juvenile |
| TTSD | Toehold-triggered strand displacement |