| 4 |   | New biotechnologies enable exciting QTL experiments that link genetic variation to 'all' gene expression, protein and metabolite traits.[[BR]] | 
                      
                        | 5 |   | Powerful software and hardware are available to analyze these new data but the considerable effort needed to configure pipelines, to scale[[BR]] | 
                      
                        | 6 |   | up processing and to track raw, intermediate and result data are a barrier for most except a small community of experts. Here we report[[BR]] | 
                      
                        | 7 |   | XGAP/cluster: a collaborative effort to bring seamless data management, advanced analytical pipelines and high throughput cluster computing[[BR]] | 
                      
                      
                        |   | 4 | New biotechnologies enable exciting QTL experiments that link genetic variation to 'all' gene expression, protein and metabolite traits. | 
                      
                        |   | 5 | Powerful software and hardware are available to analyze these new data but the considerable effort needed to configure pipelines, to scale | 
                      
                        |   | 6 | up processing and to track raw, intermediate and result data are a barrier for most except a small community of experts. Here we report | 
                      
                        |   | 7 | XGAP/cluster: a collaborative effort to bring seamless data management, advanced analytical pipelines and high throughput cluster computing |