Release 58
(Dec 29, 2025)

Sheep QTLdb data summary
As of Dec 29, 2025, there have been 8,587 QTL / eQTL / associations released for public access on the Sheep QTLdb. These data were curated from 298 publications and represent 185 base traits, 283 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 variants used in experiments

Trait variants
In Experiments
Birth weight130
Weaning weight84
Backfat thickness78
Body weight at 42 days41
Slaughter weight39
Chest circumference38
Body weight at 70 days35
Yearling weight32
Body weight at 56 days32
Litter size31
Average backfat thickness31
Body weight at 84 days29
Body weight at 28 days27
Chest depth26
Body weight at 6 months26
Total number born25
Withers height24
Body weight at 35 days22
Number born alive20
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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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