| ath | Arabidopsis thaliana |
| BFU-E | Burst-forming unit-erythroid |
| CFC | Colony-forming cell |
| CFU-E | Colony-forming unit-erythroid |
| CFU-GEMM | Colony-forming unit-granulocytes erythrocytes macrophages megakaryocytes |
| CFU-GM | Colony-forming unit-granulocytes macrophages |
| CGH | Comparative genomic hybridization |
| EB | Embryoid bodies |
| ESCs | Embryonic stem cells |
| hiPSCs | Human induced pluripotent stem cells |
| hPSCs | Human pluripotent stem cells |
| LiMMa | Linear models for microarrays |
| miRNAs | Micrornas |
| PSCs | Pluripotent stem cells |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time RT-PCR |
| TLDA | TaqMan low-density array |