| ADG | Average daily gain |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| LD | Linkage Disequilibrium |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| CV | Coefficient of variation |
| FarmCPU | Fixed and Random Model Circulating Probability Unification |
| GBLUP | Genomic best linear unbiased prediction |
| GEBV | Genomic estimated breeding value |
| GLM | General linear model |
| GS | Genomic selection |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |