| AFE | age at first egg |
| AELT | age at the end of the laying test |
| BM | body mass |
| BW | body weight |
| BWFE | body weight at first egg |
| ELI | egg-laying interval |
| EN | egg number |
| EN1/EN2/EN4/EN500 | egg number measured in the indicated period or dataset-specific interval |
| EW | egg weight |
| EPT | egg production traits |
| GWAS | genome-wide association studies |
| MCD | maximum consecutive egg-laying days |
| MCL | maximal clutch length |
| MCST | mean clutch size trait |
| QTL | quantitative trait locus |
| RIR | Rhode Island Red |
| RW | Russian White |
| SNP | single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| TWAS | transcriptome-wide association study |
| W2 | Dongxiang Blue-shelled line |
| WFE | weight at first egg |
| WGS | whole-genome sequencing |
| WL | White Leghorn |