| AMC | arterial mesothelial cells |
| SHF | second heart field |
| AVC | atrioventricular canal |
| SNV | single nucleotide variation |
| CHD | congenital heart disease |
| TIVA | transcriptome in vivo analysis |
| CNV | copy number variations |
| VIC | valvular interstitial cell |
| E | embryonic day |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| FHF | first heart field |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| HH | Hamburger and Hamilton |
| HCA | Human Cell Atlas |
| LBD | ligand-binding domain |
| mT/mG | membrane-bound Tomato/membrane-bound GFP |
| NCCs | neural crest cells |
| OFT | outflow tract |
| PHT | primary heart tube |
| R26R | Rosa26 reporter |
| scRNA-seq | single cell RNA sequencing |