Table 1 Selected examples of vQTL that affect the variability of quantitative traits across species

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