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 with the most curated data

Trait variants
Number of QTL
Weaning weight57,876
Birth weight51,675
Body weight at 6 months18,603
Yearling weight12,402
Body weight at 20 weeks8,268
Body weight at 100 days8,268
Body weight at 4 months8,268
Body weight at 8 weeks8,268
Litter size6,450
Body weight at 80 days6,201
Body weight at 120 days6,201
Body weight at 140 days6,201
Body weight at 180 days6,201
Body weight at 9 months6,201
Adult weight4,134
Slaughter weight4,134
Body weight at 12 months4,134
Body weight at 160 days4,134
Body weight at 16 weeks4,134
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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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