| BME | Basal Medium Eagle’s amino acids solution |
| CLSM | Confocal laser scanning microscope |
| EPI | Epiblast |
| ESCs | Embryonic stem cells |
| FGFR | FGF-receptor |
| HB | Hypoblast |
| ICM | inner cell mass |
| IVP | In vitro production |
| KO | Knockout |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MEM | Minimum Essential Medium |
| OCS | Estrous cow serum |
| PD032 | PD0325901 |
| PE | Primitive endoderm |
| RTK | Receptor tyrosine kinase |
| SCNT | Somatic cell nuclear transfer |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| TE | Trophectoderm |