| NABEC | North American Brain Expression Consortium |
| SVA | SINE-VNTR-Alu |
| RIP | Retrotransposon insertion polymorphism |
| LTR | Long terminal repeat |
| Hg38 | Human genome assembly GRCh38 |
| VNTR | Variable number tandem repeat |
| SINE | Short interspersed nuclear element |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| CTCF | CCCTC-binding factor |
| CTCFL | CTCF like |
| LRIG2 | Leucine-rich repeats and immunoglobulin-like domains 2 |
| dbRIP | Database of RIPs in humans |
| dbGaP | Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |
| TPM | Transcripts per kilobase million |
| mQTL | Methylation quantitative trait loci |
| SE | Standard error |