Celebrating 20 years of Animal QTLdb

(Dec 23, 2024): A sum of 11,506 new QTL/associations have been curated into the database. (New additions less obsolete/retracted ones: Cattle: 89; Chicken: 9,842; Goat: 324; Horse: 9; Pig: 927; Sheep: 315; Rainbow trout: 0 -- Net increase: 11,506). To date, the current total number of QTL in the database: 289,348 [Breakdown by species -- Cattle: 192,336 (on 553 traits); Chicken: 28,444 (on 245 traits); Goat: 2,469 (on 82 traits); Horse: 2,225 (on 60 traits); Pig: 56,615 (on 403 traits); Sheep: 5,058 (on 170 traits); Rainbow trout: 2,201 (on 35 traits)].
( This is a joint release with the 23rd CorrDB release.)

In addition, 13,830 updates were made to previously curated data in cattle, chicken, goat, pig, and sheep QTLdb.

Database developments notes:
(1) Miscellaneous updates to the QTLdb FAQ. (2) Continued improvements to the curator tools.

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