| PbSSs | Pear Sucrose Synthase genes |
| Sus | Sucrose Synthase |
| Inv | Invertase cleavage |
| DAF | Days after flowering |
| Ka | Nonsynonymous |
| Ks | Synonymous |
| Mya | Million years |
| MEME | Multiple Em for Motif Elicitation |
| NJ | Neighbor-joining |
| qRT-PCR | Real-time PCR |
| Mb | Megabyte |
| Gb | Gigabyte |
| UDP | Uridine diphosphate |
| gDNA | Genomic DNA |
| CDS | Coding sequence |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| pI | Isoelectric point |