| QTL | Quantitative trait locus |
| InDel | Insertion/deletion |
| CNV | Copy number variation |
| PAV | Present/absent variation |
| cM | Centimorgan |
| A-BC | Advanced backcross population |
| RIL | Recombinant inbred line |
| NIL | Near-isogenic line |
| NAM | Nested association mapping |
| MAGIC | Multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross |
| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| DArT | Diversity Arrays Technology |
| RAD | Restriction site-associated DNA marker |
| RRL | Reduced-representation library |
| CRoPS | Complexity reduction of polymorphic sequence |
| GBS | Genotyping-by-sequencing |
| IBL | Inbred backcross line |
| MATE | Multidrug and toxic compound extrusion |
| SRAP | Sequence-related amplified polymorphism |
| TRAP | Target region amplification polymorphism |
| SRR | Simple sequence repeat |
| RAPD | Random amplified polymorphic DNA |
| AFLP | Amplified fragment length polymorphism |