| TCA | citrate cycle |
| 2OGX | 2OG-dependent oxygenases |
| KDM | lysine demethylases |
| HIF | hypoxia inducible factor |
| ALKBH | AlkB homolog family |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| Pla | phenyl lactate |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| OGDH | oxoglutarate dehydrogenase |
| 2OG | α-ketoglutarate or 2-oxoglutarate |
| PDHA | pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha |
| LDH | lactate dehydrogenase |
| IDH3A | isocitrate dehydrogenase 3 [NAD (+)] alpha |
| LZ | leptotene or zygotene spermatocytes |
| PS | pachytene spermatocytes |
| OXPHOS | oxidative phosphorylation |
| piRNA | piwi-interacting RNA |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| VIP | variable importance in projection |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |