| HGT | Horizontal Gene Transfer |
| LGT | Lateral Gene Transfer |
| VGT | Vertical Gene Transfer |
| IGT | Intracellular Gene Transfer |
| IGT | Intragenomic Gene Transfer |
| cpDNA | chloroplast genome |
| nDNA | nuclear genome |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial genome |
| LTR | LTR-retro retrotransposons |
| FP-HGT | fungus-to-plant HGT |
| FHB | Fusarium head blight |
| IR | inverted repeat cpDNA |
| SSC | small single copy cpDNA |
| LSC | large single copy cpDNA |