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File Format

Gramene's QTL database can be loaded via a simple tab-delimited text file.

qtl_accession_id	The desired QTL accession, a string of numbers and letters (no other characters allowed) to uniquely identify the QTL
trait_symbol	A trait symbol from Gramene's Trait Ontology
published_symbol	The QTL's name in the literature.
linkage_group	The linkage group upon which the QTL was mapped.
dbxrefs	A comma-separated list of database cross-references. A single integer value will be interpreted as a Gramene literature ID, while a "key: value" pair will be parsed as the "type" (which can have a URL template) and the linking value into the xref
comments	Non-private curatorial comments.
map_accession_id	The CMap map accession upon which this QTL appears. This is a required field, so new maps must be loaded into Gramene's maps and markers database before loading the QTL.
feature_start	The start position of the QTL.
feature_stop	The stop position of the QTL.
species	The species of the QTL.

Sample Record

Here is a sample record used to load a maize QTL associated with plant height.

qtl_accession_id: AQFS012
    trait_symbol: PTHT
published_symbol: qplht14
   linkage_group: 3
         dbxrefs: 9402, MaizeGDB:83206
        comments: This QTL was originally curated in MaizeGDB Database and the QTL map position was displayed on the maize bins map.
map_accession_id: maize-bins-qtl3
   feature_start: 42.8
    feature_stop: 67.9
    feature_type: QTL
         species: Maize

Submission Instructions

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