GS GS - Germinating Seedling

The early stage of seedling development where the seed begins to sprout and grow.

S S - Shoot

The above-ground part of the plant, including stems, leaves, and flowers.

ML ML - Mature Leaf

A fully developed leaf, which has completed its growth.

YL YL - Young Leaf

A developing leaf that has not yet reached full maturity.

BRAC Brac - Bracteole

A small leaf-like structure at the base of a flower or inflorescence.

R R - Root

The part of the plant that anchors it in the soil and absorbs water and nutrients.

RTIP Rtip - Root Tip

The growing tip of the root, where new cells are produced.

RH RH - Root Hair

Tiny hair-like structures on the root that increase surface area for water absorption.

NOD Nod - Nodule

A swollen structure on plant roots, often containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

SAM SAM - Shoot Apical Meristem

The tissue at the tip of the shoot where growth and development occur.

FB1-FB4 FB1-FB4 - Stages of Flower Bud Development

Sequential stages representing the development of flower buds.

FL1-FL5 FL1-FL5 - Stages of Flower Development

Sequential stages representing the development of flowers.

CAL Cal - Calyx

The outermost whorl of a flower, usually consisting of sepals.

COR Cor - Corolla

The petals of a flower, collectively forming the corolla.

AND And - Androecium

The male reproductive part of the flower, consisting of stamens.

GYN Gyn - Gynoecium

The female reproductive part of the flower, consisting of pistils.

PEDI Pedi - Pedicel

The stalk that supports a flower or an inflorescence.

EMB Emb - Embryo

The early stage of development of a plant from the fertilized egg cell.

ENDO Endo - Endosperm

The tissue that provides nourishment to the developing embryo in seeds.

SDCT SdCt - Seed Coat

The outer protective layer of a seed.

PODSH PodSh - Podshell

The outer casing that surrounds the seeds within a pod.

5DAP 5DAP - Seed 5 Days After Pollination

The developmental stage of seed five days after pollination.

10DAP 10DAP - Seed 10 Days After Pollination

The developmental stage of seed ten days after pollination.

20DAP 20DAP - Seed 20 Days After Pollination

The developmental stage of seed twenty days after pollination.

30DAP 30DAP - Seed 30 Days After Pollination

The developmental stage of seed thirty days after pollination.

GO GO - Gene Ontology

A framework for the model of biology that describes gene functions in a species-independent manner.

KEGG KEGG - Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes

A database resource for understanding high-level functions and utilities of biological systems.

FPKM FPKM - Fragments per Kilobase of Transcript per Million Mapped Reads

A normalized method for counting RNA-seq reads.

MIRNA miRNA - MicroRNA

Small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression by binding to complementary sequences on target mRNA.

LNCRNA lncRNA - Long Non-Coding RNA

A type of RNA molecule that is greater than 200 nucleotides in length but does not encode proteins.

ST ST - Seed Tissue

The tissue in seeds that supports the development of the embryo and storage of nutrients.

FDS FDS - Flower Development Stages

The various phases of growth and development that a flower undergoes from bud to bloom.

FP FP - Flower Parts

The various components that make up a flower, including petals, sepals, stamens, and carpels.

GT GT - Green Tissues

Plant tissues that are photosynthetic, primarily found in leaves and stems.

RT RT - Root Tissues

The tissues found in the root system of a plant, involved in nutrient absorption and anchorage.

TF TF - Transcription Factor

A protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA.

NON-TF Non-TF - Non-Transcription Factors

Proteins or molecules that do not directly bind to DNA to initiate or regulate transcription, but still influence gene expression through other mechanisms.

WGCNA WGCNA - Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis

A systematic biology method used to describe the correlation patterns among genes across microarray samples.

NMDS NMDS - Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling

A statistical method for representing distance or dissimilarity matrices visually in a lower-dimensional space.

PPI PPI - Protein-Protein Interaction

Physical contacts between two or more proteins that occur in a living organism and are essential for various biological functions, including signal transduction and gene regulation.

SNP SNP Calling - Single Nucleotide Polymorphism

The process of identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a genome from sequencing data. SNPs are variations at a single position in the DNA sequence, crucial for genetic studies and disease association analyses.

PR Protein Sequence

A sequence of amino acids that make up a protein, which is a long chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

CDS CDS Sequence - Coding Sequence

The portion of a gene's DNA or RNA that codes for a protein.

TR Transcript Sequence

The RNA sequence transcribed from a gene, which may be translated into a protein or may function as non-coding RNA.

GE Genomic Sequence

The complete sequence of nucleotides (DNA or RNA) that make up the entire genome of an organism.