| ACC1 | acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 |
| ACOT | acyl-CoA thioesterase |
| CPM | count per million |
| DAF | day after flowering |
| DAG | diacylglycerols |
| DEG | differentially expressed gene |
| DEM | differentially expressed miRNA |
| DGAT | diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase |
| FA | fatty acid |
| FabG | 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase 4 |
| FAD | fatty acid desaturase |
| FATB | palmitoyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GPAT | glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases |
| KAR | very long-chain 3-oxoacyl-CoA reductase |
| KCS | 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LACS | long chain acyl-CoA synthetase |
| LEC1 | LEAFY COTYLEDON1 |
| LEC2 | LEAFY COTYLEDON2 |
| LPAT | lysophosphatidyl acyltransferase |
| MUFA | monounsaturated fatty acid |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| PAS2 | very long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase 2 |
| PAS2A | very-long-chain (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase PASTICCINO 2A |
| PAP | phosphatidic acid phosphatase |
| PC | phosphatidylcholine |
| PDAT | phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase |
| PLA1 | phospholipase A I |
| PLDδ | phospholipase D delta |
| PUFA | polyunsaturated fatty acid |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA |
| SAD | stearoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] 9-desaturase |
| SLD2 | delta 8-fatty-acid desaturase 2 |
| TF | transcription factor |
| TAG | triacylglycerols |