Release 58
(Dec 29, 2025)

Cattle QTLdb data summary
As of Dec 29, 2025, there have been 207,081 QTL / eQTL / associations released for public access on the Cattle QTLdb. These data were curated from 1,225 publications and represent 560 base traits, 450 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 - fat46,962
Fertility31,066
Milk composition - protein25,684
Growth14,849
Sensory characteristics11,409
General reproduction parameters10,909
Milk production & yield9,302
Mastitis8,424
Disease7,897
Anatomy4,948
Limb traits4,018
Udder traits3,928
Semen quality3,835
Fatness3,395
Feed intake2,976
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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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