A-STR	Autosomal Short Tandem Repeat
aiSNP	Ancestry Informative Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
bp	Base Pairs
CE	Capillary Electrophoresis
CEPH	Centre d’Etude du Polymorphisme Humain
CODIS	Combined DNA Index System
DIP-SNP	Deletion/Insertion Polymorphism linked to SNP
DIP-STR	Deletion/Insertion Polymorphism linked to STR
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
EDNAP	European DNA Profiling Group
ENFSI	European Network of Forensic Science Institutes
ESS	European Standard Set
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDP	Forensic DNA Phenotyping
FGA	Fibrinogen Alpha Chain (locus)
FIGG	Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy
GRCh38	Genome Reference Consortium Human Build 38
HGDP	Human Genome Diversity Project
iiSNP	Identity Informative Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
InDel	Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism
ISFG	International Society for Forensic Genetics
MH	Microhaplotype
MPS	Massively Parallel Sequencing
mtDNA	Mitochondrial DNA
NDIS	National DNA Index System
NDNAD	National DNA Database
NGS	Next-Generation Sequencing
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
piSNP	Phenotype Informative Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
RFLP	Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
RM-YSTRs	Rapidly mutating Y-STRs
RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
SNP	Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
STR	Short Tandem Repeat
STRidER	STR allele frequency database and reference resource
STRSeq	STR sequence database resource
STRAND	Sequencing-based STR Allele Nomenclature Working Group
SWGDAM	Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods
TH01	Tyrosine Hydroxylase 1 (locus)
VNTR	Variable Number Tandem Repeat
vWA	von Willebrand Factor A (locus)
X-STR	X Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat
Y-STR	Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat