| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| CLO | Caleosin |
| Ct | Cycle threshold |
| DAS | Day after sowing |
| DGAT | Diacylglycerol acyltransferase |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilobase of exon model per million mapped reads |
| MUFA | Monounsaturated fatty acid |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
| RG | Reference gene |
| RT | Room temperature |
| Tm | Melting temperature |