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:
  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
Growth2,240
Pigmentation1,435
Milk Fat449
Disease Susceptibility446
Parasite Resistance430
Fleece404
Blood Parameters280
Offspring traits258
Milk Production & Yield242
Milk Protein231
Anatomy201
Horns197
Behavioral177
Fertility141
Mastitis134
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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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