Release 59
(Apr 20, 2026)
Sheep QTLdb
data summary
As of
Apr 20, 2026
, there have been
9,226
QTL / eQTL / associations released for public access on the Sheep QTLdb. These data were curated from
304
publications and represent
191
base traits,
303
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
2,088
Coat color
1,434
Shin circumference
410
Milk fat yield
355
Fecal egg count
345
Offspring number
278
Staple length
274
Milk yield
245
M. paratuberculosis susceptibility
156
Teat number
132
Milk protein yield
124
Horn type
124
M. paratuberculosis antibody titer
116
Body height
111
Entropion
106
Average daily gain
103
Milk protein percentage
100
Body length
97
Gastrointestinal nematode resistance
96
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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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