Fig. 2: Summary of miR-QTL results.

a, Manhattan plot of miR-QTL results. Each point represents a SNP–miRNA association. The y axis represents unadjusted P values. The pink dashed line indicates P value threshold corresponding to FDR of 1%. The y axis scale is condensed for −log10P ≥ 100. b, Distribution of miR-QTL position relative to the miRNA precursor for 1,358 index miR-QTLs. The miR-QTLs were stratified by whether the associated miRNA is intragenic (yellow) or intergenic (blue), and the two histograms are overlaid. The plot excludes 21 index miR-QTLs that had ambiguous relative position (because they were between or among precursors), were within the precursor, or were associated with miRNAs that could not be classified as intergenic or intragenic.