| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| DC | Discrimination Capacity |
| GD | Gene Diversity |
| HD | Haplotype Diversity |
| HMP | Haplotype Match Probability |
| INMLCF, I.P. | Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Instituto Público |
| MDS | Multidimensional Scaling |
| NGS | Next-Generation Sequencing |
| OL | Off-Ladder |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PIC | Polymorphism Information Content |
| PVE | Proportion of Variance Explained |
| QS | Quality Sensor |
| RM Y-STRs | Rapidly Mutating Y-Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats |
| STR | Short Tandem Repeat |
| YHRD | Y Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database |
| Y-STR | Y-Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeat |