Release 22
(Dec 28, 2013):
A sum of 1,317 new QTL/association
data has been added to the database. The current QTL/association number
in the database: 23,002 [Cattle: 8,305; Chicken: 3,919; Pig: 9,862; Sheep: 789;
Rainbow trout: 127].
Functions:
(1) Horse QTLdb: Many THANKS to Cecilia Penedo of UC-Davis, Andy Law of
Roslin Institute, Samantha Brooks of Cornell University, and Ernest
Bailey of University of Kentucky; now the Animal QTLdb has the structure
set up for collecting horse QTL/association data. Please note it will
take a while for the new horse data to pass curation and release
pipelines before they show up on the Horse QTLdb portal.
(2) New members to Animal QTLdb data alliances:
- Ensembl: Thanks to Fiona Cunningham, Animal QTLdb data is now
synchronized to Ensembl. To use, go to http://www.ensembl.org and choose
a species to search for a trait name; among the output results, all
QTL/association data are flagged by "Phenotype" in parentheses. You can
utilize all Ensembl tools to explore further on your traits of interest.
The genome features are linked back to Animal QTLdb for curated details.
Please note that data at Ensembl or UCSC is for species that has a genome
assembly available (e.g., cattle, chicken, sheep, or pig).
(3) Animal QTLdb Search Tools are being reformatted for users to easily
locate information for exploration, or to easily find data access points
for analysis.
- NEW: QTL genome distribution query tool: New search tools have been
added to allow users to view genome location distributions of targeted
traits. Go to "Search" -> "Data Analysis Tools" -> "Find QTL genome
distributions on a particular trait" to try it out.
- NEW: User-defined download tool by genome locations: Users now can
search and download QTL data by user-defined genome locations (in terms
of "bp"). Go to "Search" -> "Data Analysis Tools" -> "Find QTL by their
genome locations", for species that have a genome build (currently
cattle, chicken, and pig).
(4) New data types in the Animal QTLdb: In parallel to the classical
"QTL" data, we have modified the database and tools to allow curation of
eQTL and GWAS (association) data; now we are modifying the database and
tools to allow curation of copy number variation (CNV) data into the
database. It is our goal to be inclusive on all types of trait mapping
features linking phenotypes to genotypes.
(5) Welcome new curators to the Animal QTLdb; we now have 65 active
curator accounts. As always, we encourage all interested persons to
register for a curator account to actively enter new data.
