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 types with the most curated data

Trait types
Number of QTL
Milk composition - fat46,925
Fertility30,945
Milk composition - protein25,657
Growth14,745
Sensory characteristics11,409
General reproduction parameters10,909
Milk production & yield9,265
Anatomy4,948
Udder traits3,849
Semen quality3,835
Disease3,470
Fatness3,386
Limb traits3,135
Feed intake2,976
Conformation2,921
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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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