Release 57
(Aug 26, 2025)

Cattle QTLdb data summary
As of Aug 26, 2025, there have been 194,095 QTL / eQTL / associations released for public access on the Cattle QTLdb. These data were curated from 1,215 publications and represent 558 base traits, 434 trait variants, and 346 eQTL genes.
Data summary selector:
  1. Data by Traits
  2. Experiments by Traits
  3. Data by Trait Variants
  4. Experiments by Trait Variants
  5. Data by Trait Types
  6. Data by Trait Classes
  7. Genome assemblies supported
  8. Data by Chromosomes
  9. Data by Marker Types
  10. Data by Publishing Journals
  11. Data by Years Published
  12. Data Sources by Years Published
  13. Data in Curation Pipeline
  14. Types of structural genome information aligned against the QTL/association maps

Trait variants with the most curated data

Trait variants
Number of QTL
Birth weight203,137
305-day milk yield133,688
Weaning weight120,505
Yearling weight86,075
Daily milk yield78,640
Body weight at 6 months51,645
Body weight at 24 months51,645
305-day milk yield, lactation 239,320
Body weight at 18 months37,873
Body weight at 12 months37,873
Milk fat percentage in second lactation35,718
Slaughter weight34,430
305-day milk yield, lactation 131,456
Milk protein percentage in second lactation29,391
Milk protein percentage in first lactation29,391
Milk fat yield in second lactation28,059
Milk fat yield in first lactation28,059
Backfat thickness25,560
305-day milk fat percentage, first lactation23,812
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NOTE: On this site, the term "QTL" may have collectively included quantitative loci, SNP associations, and eQTL data.

 

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