AIC	Akaike Information Criterion
AICc	Corrected Akaike Information Criterion
AP2/ERF	APETALA2/ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR
BIC	Bayesian Information Criterion
BSA	Bulked Segregant Analysis
BWA-MEM	Burrows–Wheeler Aligner—Maximal Exact Matches (bioinformatics tool)
Chr	Chromosome
cM	Centimorgan
CR-400	Model of the Konica Minolta Chroma Meter
CV	Coefficient of Variation
CYP90B1	Cytochrome P450 90B1 (DWF4 gene)
DIR	DIRigent (gene family)
DOF	DNA-binding One Zinc Finger
EBI	Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute
F2	Second Filial Generation
F3	Third Filial Generation
F7	Seventh Filial Generation
F8	Eighth Filial Generation
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FarmCPU	Fixed and Random Model Circulating Probability Unification
FEM	Fixed-Effect Model
FST	Fixation Index (population genetic statistic)
GAPIT	Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool
GATK	Genome Analysis Toolkit
GBS	Genotyping-by-Sequencing
GFF3	General Feature Format version 3
GWAS	Genome-Wide Association Study
H2	Broad-sense Heritability
HTRX	Haplotype Trend Regression with eXclusion
IBS	Identity-by-State
K	Number of genetic clusters (in population structure)
KASP	Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR
kb	Kilobase
LD	Linkage Disequilibrium
LOD	Logarithm of Odds
LOESS	Locally Estimated Scatterplot Smoothing
L*	Lightness (CIELAB color space parameter)
a*	Green–Red component (CIELAB color space parameter)
b*	Blue–Yellow component (CIELAB color space parameter)
MAF	Minor Allele Frequency
MAS	Marker-Assisted Selection
Mb	Megabase
MYB	v-MYB avian myeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog (transcription factor family)
bHLH	Basic Helix-Loop-Helix (transcription factor family)
NCBI nr	National Center for Biotechnology Information non-redundant (database)
PCA	Principal Component Analysis
PEG	Polyethylene Glycol
PH	Plant Height
PLINK	Whole Genome Association Analysis Toolset
PPO	Polyphenol Oxidase
PVE	Phenotypic Variance Explained
Q-matrix	Ancestry proportion matrix (from population structure)
Q–Q plot	Quantile–Quantile plot
QTL	Quantitative Trait Locus/Loci
r	Number of replicates
r2	Squared correlation coefficient (measure of LD)
RAD-seq	Restriction-site Associated DNA Sequencing
REM	Random-Effect Model (mentioned as background model in FarmCPU)
RIL	Recombinant Inbred Line
SBP	SQUAMOSA Promoter-Binding Protein
SCC	Seed Coat Color
SIACS9	Sesamum indicum 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase 9
SICEN2	Sesamum indicum Centroradialis 2
Sindi	Sesamum indicum (gene prefix in genome annotation)
SLAF	Specific-Length Amplified Fragment
SLUBI	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Bioinformatics Infrastructure
SLU	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SNP	Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
SSD	Single-Seed Descent
SSR	Simple Sequence Repeat
STY8	Serine/Threonine-protein kinase STY8
TASSEL	Trait Analysis by aSSociation, Evolution and Linkage
TF	Transcription Factor
VCF	Variant Call Format
VCFtools	Variant Call Format tools
WARC	Werer Agricultural Research Center
WRKY	Transcription factor family named after the conserved WRKY domain