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:
  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 weight58,464
Birth weight52,200
Body weight at 6 months18,792
Yearling weight12,528
Body weight at 20 weeks8,352
Body weight at 4 months8,352
Body weight at 100 days8,352
Body weight at 8 weeks8,352
Litter size6,950
Body weight at 80 days6,264
Body weight at 120 days6,264
Body weight at 140 days6,264
Body weight at 180 days6,264
Body weight at 9 months6,264
Adult weight4,176
Weight at 90 days (weaning)4,176
Slaughter weight4,176
Progeny weaning weight4,176
Body weight at 12 months4,176
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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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