| aa | amino acid |
| At | Arabidopsis thaliana |
| BEL1-like | BLH/BELL homeodomain |
| CDS | Coding sequences |
| cm | Centimeter |
| DAF | Days after flowering |
| Gm | Glycine max |
| Gs | Glycine soja |
| Ka | Non-synonymous substitution |
| KNOX | KNOTTED-like homeodomain |
| Ks | Synonymous substitution |
| ML | Maximum likelihood |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| ORF | Open reading frame |
| Os | Oryza sativa |
| pI | Isoelectric point |
| RPKM | Reads per kilobase per million |
| SAM | Shoot apical meristem |
| Sb | Sorghum bicolor |
| SCW | Secondary cell wall |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| Sl | Solanum lycopersicum |
| TALE | Three-amino-acid-loop-extension |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| Vu | Vigna unguiculata |