| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| rSNP | regulatory SNP |
| TF | transcription factor |
| TFBS | transcription factor binding site |
| TSS | transcription start site |
| bp | base pair |
| eQTL | expression quantitative trait locus |
| LD | linkage disequilibrium |
| GWAS | genome-wide association study |
| PWM | position weight matrix |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |