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Alaskan Malamute

Alaskan Malamute genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 23 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.31. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Alaskan Malamute

In the atlas, the Alaskan Malamute clusters consistently as Alaskan Malamute (100% of the 23 dogs here). At the trait loci, STC2 runs lower than average (22% here vs 74%); HMGA2 runs higher than the atlas average (87% here vs 56%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

High breed predictability score (1.73), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 23 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Siberian Husky, village dog Us Alaska, Greenland Sledge Dog, Samoyed, and Chinook.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Alaskan Malamute

Computed from the 14,478 research dogs in the Atlas. Methods: technical methodology.

Dogs in the Atlas
23Founders
12 from Hayward2016, 10 from Spatola, 1 from JenkinsWGS
Genetic diversity
0.31Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Ranks 58th most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 25.31
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Siberian Husky12.69
  2. Village Dog Us Alaska17.54
  3. Greenland Sledge Dog20.47
  4. Samoyed36.31
  5. Chinook39.51
Top-10 PC corrected Euclidean. Lower = closer.
Trait genetics
Allele frequencies at named morphology loci

Frequency of the alternate allele in this breed at each locus's representative SNP. Methods + caveats in technical methodology.

Body size
IGF174%
HMGA287%
SMAD289%
LCORL85%
STC222%
ADAMTS1740%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1865%
FGF4·CFA1294%
Coat
RSPO265%
FGF587%
KRT7198%
MC1R94%
Ear set
MSRB396%
Skull shape
BMP380%
SMOC276%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data