Basenji
Basenji genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 40 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.24. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.
In the atlas, the Basenji clusters consistently as Basenji (100% of the 40 dogs here). At the trait loci, MSRB3 runs lower than average (10% here vs 80%); FGF4_retrogene_CFA18 runs lower than average (15% here vs 77%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.
Ranks 13 of 107 on the bottleneck severity scale, well into the upper quartile of population contraction. High breed predictability score (3.02), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically.
Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Drc Boende, village dog Liberia Lofa, village dog Namibia Northern, village dog Egypt Luxor, and village dog Uganda. AKC classifies the breed in the hound group; the corrected top-10-PC distance places it nearer to the ancient landrace group. This is one of the atlas's strong-tier AKC mismatch findings.
Median lifespan is 15.55 years, about 3.0 years longer than a typical dog of 10.25 kg, an unusually positive longevity for this size.
What the genome says about Basenji
Computed from the 14,478 research dogs in the Atlas. Methods: technical methodology.
- Village Dog Drc Boende27.23
- Village Dog Liberia Lofa36.72
- Village Dog Namibia Northern37.60
- Village Dog Egypt Luxor40.08
- Village Dog Uganda42.79
Frequency of the alternate allele in this breed at each locus's representative SNP. Methods + caveats in technical methodology.
| IGF1 | 93% |
| HMGA2 | 95% |
| SMAD2 | 48% |
| LCORL | 49% |
| STC2 | 17% |
| ADAMTS17 | 86% |
| FGF4·CFA18 | 15% |
| FGF4·CFA12 | 94% |
| RSPO2 | 93% |
| FGF5 | 74% |
| KRT71 | 88% |
| MC1R | 89% |
| MSRB3 | 10% |
| BMP3 | 95% |
| SMOC2 | 90% |