| AIRE | Autoimmune regulator |
| dpf | Days post-fertilization |
| ETP | Early T-cell progenitor |
| RTE | Recent thymic emigrants |
| T-ALL | T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| TEC | Thymic epithelial cell |
| T-LBL | T-lymphoblastic lymphoma |
| VLR | Variable lymphocyte receptor |
| wpf | Weeks post-fertilization |