| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| SNPs | Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| INDELs | Insertion/deletion polymorphisms |
| ENCODE | Encyclopedia of DNA Elements |
| TFs | Transcription factors |
| TSSs | Transcription start sites |
| CTCF | CCCTC-binding factor |
| TADs | Topologically associated domains |
| NPCs | Neural progenitor cells |
| FAC/NS | Fluorescence assisted cell/nuclei sorting |
| RNAPII | RNA polymerases II |
| DHSs | DNase I hypersensitive sites |
| DNase-seq | DNase I hypersensitive sites sequencing |
| MNase-seq | Micrococcal nuclease digestion of chromatin followed by sequencing |
| FAIRE-seq | Formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements with sequencing |
| ATAC-seq | Assay for transposase-accessible chromatin coupled to sequencing |
| ChIP-seq | Chromatin immunoprecipitation with sequencing |
| CUT&RUN | Cleavage under targets and release using nuclease |
| DamID | DNA adenine methyltransferase (DAM)-identification |
| ChIA-PET | Chromatin interaction analysis by paired-end tag sequencing |
| PLAC-seq | Proximity ligation-assisted ChIP-Seq |