| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| BUSCO | Benchmarking universal single-copy orthologs |
| KAT | K-mer analysis toolkit |
| ML | Maximum likelihood |
| MRCA | Most recent common ancestor |
| Mya | Million years ago |
| RNA-Seq | RNA-sequencing |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilobase of exon per million mapped reads |
| qPCR | Quantitative PCR |