Table 1.

Selected examples of vQTL that affect the variability of quantitative traits across species

Authors	Species	Trait
Mackay and Lyman [53]	Drosophila melanogaster	Bristle number
Ordas et al. [54]	Maize	Days to flowering, ear height, and tassel length
Paré et al. [55]	Human	Levels of inflammatory biomarkers
Ayroles et al. [56]	Drosophila melanogaster	Locomotor handedness
Perry et al. [57]	F2 cross of the genetically hypercalciuric Rattus norvegicus with normocalciuric Wistar-Kyoto	Urinary calcium levels
Wolc et al. [58]	Laying hens	Egg weight
Jimenez-Gomez et al. [59]; Shen et al. [2]	Arabidopsis thaliana	Flowering time
Yang et al. [16]	Human	Body mass index (BMI)
Mulder et al. [60]	Dairy cows	Somatic cell score (SCS)
Nelson et al. [20]	S. cerevisiae strains	Expression traits in different treatments
Sell-Kubiak et al. [25]	Pigs	Litter size
Ek et al. [61]	Human	Variation in DNA methylation levels
Wang et al. [62]; Wang et al. [63]	Pigs	Birth weight
Iung et al. [64]	Nellore cattle	Yearling weight
Hussain et al. [65]	Bread wheat	Cadmium levels