Extended Data Table 2.

Distal (>5 Mb) intra-chromosomal eQTLs across the GTEx tissues

Tissue	No. of samples	No. of trans-eGenes	No. of trans-eVariants
Whole Blood	338	4	17
Skin – Sun Exposed (Lower leg)	302	2	12
Adipose – Subcutaneous	297	1	2
Lung	278	2	37
Thyroid	278	5	17
Cells – Transformed fibroblasts	272	4	17
Esophagus – Mucosa	241	15	184
Testis	157	4	30
Brain – Putamen (Basal ganglia)	82	1	2
Brain – Hypothalamus	81	1	2
Total unique	7047	33	284

Only tissues with at least one distal intra-chromosomal eQTL are listed.