| PCs | photoreceptors |
| BCs | bipolar cells |
| HCs | horizontal cells |
| ACs | amacrine cells |
| RGCs | retinal ganglion cells |
| ONL | outer nuclear layer |
| OPL | outer plexiform layer |
| INL | inner nuclear layer |
| IPL | inner plexiform layer |
| GCL | ganglion cell layer |
| ipRGCs | intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells |
| RPCs | retinal progenitor cells |
| ED | embryonic day |
| PD | postnatal day |
| LHX4 | LIM homeobox protein 4 |
| Rxrg | retinoic acid receptor RXR-gamma |
| Otx2 | orthodenticle homeobox 2 |
| SLC7A3 | solute carrier family 7 member 3 |
| SLC7A5 | solute carrier family 7 member 5 |
| Thrb | thyroid hormone receptor beta |
| Nrl | neural retina leucine zipper |
| t-SNE | t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding |
| Crx | cone-rod homeobox |
| BEAM | branched expression analysis modeling |
| Casz1 | castor zinc finger 1 |
| Meis2 | Meis homeobox 2 |
| TFs | transcription factors |
| Prdm1 | PR domain containing 1, with ZNF domain |
| Neurod1 | neurogenic differentiation 1 |
| Ldhb | lactate dehydrogenase B |
| Ldha | lactate dehydrogenase A |
| Neurog2 | neurogenin 2 |
| Atoh7 | atonal bHLH transcription factor 7 |
| Olig2 | oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2 |
| NFI | nuclear factor I |
| Pax6 | paired box 6 |
| Rax | retina and anterior neural fold homeobox |
| Vsx2 | visual system homeobox 2 |
| Notch1 | notch receptor 1 |
| Fgf15 | fibroblast growth factor 15 |
| Cdc20 | cell division cycle 20 |
| Crym | crystallin, mu |
| Rbp3 | retinol binding protein 3, interstitial |
| PCW | weeks after conception |
| EYS | eyes shut homolog |
| SCENIC | single-cell regulatory network inference and clustering |
| RHO | rhodopsin |
| SAG | S-antigen visual arrestin |
| GNGT1 | G protein subunit gamma transducin 1 |
| CNGA1 | cyclic nucleotide gated channel subunit alpha 1 |
| MDK | midkine |
| PTN | pleiotrophin |
| PTPRZ1 | receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase type Z |
| hiPSCs | human induced pluripotent stem cells |
| hESCs | human embryonic stem cells |
| ASCL1 | achaete-scute family bHLH transcription factor 1 |
| NGN2 | NEUROG 2 |
| INSM1 | INSM transcriptional repressor 1 |
| BHLHE22 | basic helix-loop-helix family member e22 |
| ISLR2 | immunoglobulin superfamily containing leucine rich repeat 2 |
| CCND1 | cyclin D1 |
| FOXN4 | forkhead box N4 |
| NR2E3 | nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group E member 3 |
| HES1 | hes family bHLH transcription factor 1 |
| HMGA1 | high mobility group AT-hook 1 |
| BAZ2B | bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain 2B |
| MECOM | MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus |
| RCVRN | recoverin |
| OPN1MW | opsin 1, medium wave sensitive |
| OPN1LW | opsin 1, long wave sensitive |
| OPN1SW | opsin 1, short wave sensitive |
| FD | fetal day |
| DLL3 | delta like canonical Notch ligand 3 |
| NEFM | neurofilament medium |
| GAD1 | glutamate decarboxylase 1 |
| TFAP2A | transcription factor AP-2 alpha |
| INSR | insulin receptor |
| CALM2 | calmodulin 2 |
| PRPH | peripherin |
| Btg2 | BTG anti-proliferation factor 2 |
| Isl2 | insulin related protein 2 |
| LMO4 | LIM domain only 4 |
| CYP26A1 | cytochrome P450 family 26 subfamily A member 1 |
| DIO2 | iodothyronine deiodinase 2 |
| CDKN1A | cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1A |
| ANXA2 | annexin A2 |
| CTGF | cellular communication network factor 2 |
| FGF19 | fibroblast growth factor 19 |
| SALL3 | spalt like transcription factor 3 |
| DC7 | VPS29 retromer complex component |
| LHX9 | LIM homeobox 9 |
| NHLH1 | nescient helix-loop-helix 1 |