| AAT | amino acid transporter |
| −3 DPA or Om3DPA | Ovule at minus 3 day post anthesis |
| −1 DPA or Om1DPA | Ovule at minus 1 day post anthesis |
| 0 DPA or Oa0DPA | Ovule at 0 day post anthesis |
| 1 DPA or Oa1DPA | Ovule at 1 day post anthesis |
| 3 DPA or Oa3DPA | Ovule at 3 day post anthesis |
| 5 DPA or Oa5DPA | Ovule at 5 day post anthesis |
| 7 DPA or F7DPA | Fiber at 7 day post anthesis |
| 10 DPA or F10DPA | Fiber at 10 day post anthesis |
| 15 DPA or F15DPA | Fiber at 15 day post anthesis |
| 18 DPA or F18DPA | Fiber at 18 day post anthesis |
| 20 DPA or F20DPA | Fiber at 20 day post anthesis |
| 26 DPA or F26DPA | Fiber at 26 day post anthesis |
| 30 DPA or F30DPA | Fiber at 30 day post anthesis. |
| G. | Gossypium |
| Ka | The replacement rate of non-synonymous |
| Ks | The replacement rate of synonymous |
| RT qPCR | Reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR |
| FPKM | Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million fragments mapped |
| GhAt | A genome of G. hirsutum L. |
| GhDt | D genome of G. hirsutum L.G. |
| GbAt | A genome of G. barbadense L. |
| GbDt | D genome of G. barbadense L. |
| A. thaliana | Arabidopsis thaliana |