| Ala | Alanine |
| Arg | Arginine |
| Asn | Asparagine |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| AZF | Azoospermia Factor Region |
| Bp | Base pair |
| CFTR | Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator |
| Cys | Cysteine |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| F | Forward primer |
| Gln | Glutamine |
| Glu | Glutamic acid |
| Gly | Glycine |
| I | Internal primer |
| Ile | Isoleucine |
| Leu | Leucine |
| Lys | Lysine |
| Met | Methionine |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| Mt-ND3 | Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 |
| Mt-ND4L | Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 L |
| Mt-ND4 | Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydride |
| NR5A1 | Nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| Pro | Proline |
| R | Reverse primer |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SCLB | Somatic cell lysis buffer |
| Ser | Serine |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| TBE | Tris-borate-EDTA |
| Thr | Threonine |
| Trp | Tryptophan |
| Tyr | Tyrosine |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| V | Volt |
| Val | Valine |
| WHO | World Health Organization |