| AAVs | Adeno-associated viruses |
| CRISPR/Cas9 | Clustered regularly interspaced palindrome repeats (CRISPR)/Caspase 9 (Cas9) |
| crRNA | CRISPR RNA |
| Crygc | Crystalline gamma C |
| DOGS | 5-carboxyspermylglycine dioctadecylamide |
| CaPO4 | Calcium phosphate |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| ds | Double-stranded |
| DSBs | Double-strand breaks |
| dsRNA | Double-stranded RNA |
| EEct | Embryonic ectoderm |
| EGFP | Enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| EP | Electroporation |
| ExEct | Extra-embryonic ectoderm |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| Foxa2 | Forkhead box protein A2 |
| GE | Genome-edited |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| GONAD | Genome-editing via oviductal nucleic acids delivery |
| gRNA | Guide RNA |
| HDR | Homology-directed repair |
| HR | Homologous recombination |
| ICSI | Intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
| i-GONAD | Improved GONAD |
| IVF | In vitro fertilization |
| KI | Knock-in |
| KO | Knock-out |
| NHEJ | Nonhomologous end joining |
| ODNs | Oligodeoxynucleotides |
| Otx2 | Orthodenticle homeobox 2 |
| PAM | Protospacer adjacent motif |
| PGCs | Primordial germ cells |
| rAAVs | Recombinant AAVs |
| rAAV-6 | Recombinant AAV serotype 6 |
| RNP | Ribonucleoprotein |
| SaCas9 | Cas9 nuclease of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria |
| sgRNA | single guide RNA |
| Sry | Sex-determining region Y |
| ss | Single-stranded |
| TALENs | Transcription activator-like effector nucleases |
| Tg | Transgenic |
| TPGD | Transplacental gene delivery |
| TPGD-GEF | Transplacental gene delivery for acquiring genome-edited fetuses |
| tracrRNA | Trans-activating CRISPR RNA |
| ZFNs | Zinc-finger nucleases |