| BCLAF1 | Apoptosis regulator (BCL2)-associated transcription factor 1 |
| c-JUN | c-Jun Proto-Oncogene |
| DIAPH3 | Diaphanous-related formin-3 |
| DEMs | Differentially expressed mRNAs |
| Linc-MD1 | Muscle-specific long noncoding RNA |
| ceRNA | Competitive endogenous RNA |
| circRNA | Circular RNA |
| CNCICOL3A1 | Coding-Non-Coding-IndexCollagen type III alpha 1 |
| CPC | Coding Potential Calculator |
| DDO | D-aspartate oxidase |
| DECs | Differentially expressed circRNAs |
| DELs | Differentially expressed lncRNAs |
| DLY | Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire |
| EBF2 | EBF transcription factor 2 |
| FABP4 | Fatty acid binding protein 4 |
| FGFR4 | Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 |
| FoxO1 | Forkhead box O1 |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilo base per million read |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GFPT1 | Glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 1 |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| HN | Huainan |
| IGF1R | Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor |
| IGF2 | Insulin-like growth factor 2 |
| IMF | Intramuscular fat |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LD | Longissimus dorsi |
| LPIN1 | Lipin 1 |
| LncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| LncRNA ADNCR | Adipocyte differentiation-associated lncRNA |
| MAML1 | Mammalian Mastermind-like 1 |
| MEF2C | Myocyte enhancer factor-2C |
| miRNA | Micro RNA |
| MREs | MiRNA response elements |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| MUFA | Monounsaturated fatty acids |
| MYOD1 | Myogenic differentiation 1 |
| NCOA3 | Nuclear receptor co-activator 3 |
| ncRNAs | Non-coding RNAs |
| PDGFRα | Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha |
| PLEK | k-mer scheme |
| PPARD | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta |
| PPARG | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| PRC2 | Polycomb repressive complex 2 |
| RIN | RNA integrity number |
| RPM | Reads per million mapped reads |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse transcription quantitative PCR |
| SFA | Saturated fatty acids |
| TGF-β1 | Transforming growth factor beta 1 |
| TOBF1 | Transient octamer binding factor 1 |
| VSMCs | Vascular smooth muscle cells |