| BIC | Bayesian Information Criterion |
| DL | Discrete Laplace |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| EU | European Union |
| GD | Gene diversity |
| HGD | Haplogroup diversity |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PD | Power of discrimination |
| PIC | Polymorphism information content |
| PM | Match probability |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| STR | Short Tandem Repeat |
| STRAF | STR Analysis for Forensics |
| Y-SNP | Y-chromosome Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| Y-STR | Y-chromosome short Tandem repeat |
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