Release 57
(Aug 26, 2025)
Sheep QTLdb
data summary
As of
Aug 26, 2025
, there have been
8,288
QTL / eQTL / associations released for public access on the Sheep QTLdb. These data were curated from
293
publications and represent
182
base traits,
266
trait variants, and
0
eQTL genes.
Data summary selector:
Data by Traits
Experiments by Traits
Data by Trait Variants
Experiments by Trait Variants
Data by Trait Types
Data by Trait Classes
of trait names by their frequency in QTL/association reports
Genome assemblies supported
Data by Chromosomes
Data by Marker Types
Data by Publishing Journals
Data by Years Published
Data Sources by Years Published
Data in Curation Pipeline
Types of structural genome information aligned against the QTL/association maps
Traits with the most curated data
Traits
Number of QTL
Body weight
1,850
Coat color
1,434
Milk fat yield
355
Fecal egg count
319
Staple length
259
Offspring number
258
Milk yield
239
M. paratuberculosis susceptibility
156
Teat number
132
Milk protein yield
124
Horn type
124
M. paratuberculosis antibody titer
116
Entropion
106
Average daily gain
103
Milk protein percentage
100
Gastrointestinal nematode resistance
96
Milk fat percentage
94
Age at puberty
79
Body height
69
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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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