| RBIV | Rock bream iridovirus |
| WGCNA | Weighted gene correlation network analysis |
| RNA-seq | RNA-sequencing |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilo-base per million reads |
| GS | Gene significance |
| MM | Module membership |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |