| AIC | Akaike information criterion |
| AICc | Corrected Akaike information criterion |
| AIC3 | Corrected Akaike information criterion |
| Asp | Aspartate |
| AWE | Approximate weight of evidence |
| BIC | Bayesian information criterion |
| Chr | Chromosome |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| cM | Centimorgan |
| Cys | Cysteine |
| FAD2 | Microsomal oleate desaturase |
| FAD3 | ω-3 fatty-acid desaturase |
| Gmax2.0 | Glyma.Wm82.a2.v1 |
| KAS II | 3-keto-acyl-ACP synthase II |
| kb | Kilobase |
| LOD | Logarithm (base 10) of odds |
| LG | Linkage group |
| Lys | Lysine |
| Met | Methionine |
| mO | Meta-QTL for oil |
| mP | Meta-QTL for protein |
| mPO | Meta-QTL for protein and oil in combination |
| mPCM | Meta-QTL for protein, cysteine, and methionine in combination |
| PTHR | Protein analysis through evolutionary relationships |
| QTL | Quantitative trait loci |
| SACPD-C | Δ9-stearoyl-acyl-carrier-protein-desaturase |
| SoyBase | SoyBase and the Soybean Breeder’s Toolbox |
| SoyCys7.0 | Soybean metabolic pathway reference database |
| TAG | Triacylglycerol |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| Thr | Threonine |