ΔΔCt	delta delta cycle threshold
ACAA2	Acetyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2
ACOX2	Acyl-CoA oxidase 2
CCL4	C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 4
CCL10	C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 10
CIB2	calcium and integrin binding family member 2
ceRNA	competing endogenous RNAs
circRNAs	circular RNAs
CXCL10	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10
CXCL16	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 16
DE	Differential expression
DERs	differentially expressed RNAs
FPKM	Fragments per kilobase of exon model per million mapped fragments
GAPDH	Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GO	Gene ontology
GPAT	Glycerol-3-phosphate ethyltransferase
GPNMB	glycoprotein nmb.
GWAS	genome-wide association study
HUS1	HUS1 Checkpoint Clamp Component
IMF	Intramuscular fat
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
KCNRG	Potassium Channel Regulator
lncRNAs	long non-coding RNAs
LDM	longissimus dorsi muscle
mRNAs	message RNA
miRNAs	microRNAs
miRNAs	microRNAs
MYH7B	myosin heavy chain 7B
Novel	novel gene
NPPC	National Pork Producers Council
PTGs	potential target genes
PTPMT1	protein tyrosine phosphatase mitochondrial 1
qRT-PCR	Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction
QTLs	quantitative trait loci
RABL2B	RAB, member of ras oncogene family like 2b
RDH16	retinol dehydrogenase 16
rRNAs	mitochondrial ribosomal RNAs
SFRP4	secreted frizzled-related protein 4
sRNA	small RNA
snRNAs	small nuclear RNAs
snoRNA	small nucleolar RNA
SPP1	secreted phosphoprotein 1
TGFB3	transforming growth factor beta 3
THBS4	thrombospondin 4
tRNA	transfer RNA
MAPK10	mitogen-activated protein kinase 10
JAK1	janus kinase 1
STAT1	signal transducer and activator of transcription 1
TYK2	tyrosine kinase 2
IRF9	interferon regulatory factor 9
FADD	fas associated via death domain