Chinese Shar Pei
Chinese Shar Pei genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 41 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.31. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.
In the atlas, the Chinese Shar Pei clusters consistently as Chinese Shar Pei (100% of the 41 dogs here). At the trait loci, FGF4_retrogene_CFA12 runs lower than average (37% here vs 80%); SMOC2 runs lower than average (33% here vs 75%).
Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Akita, Qingchuan Hound, Chinese Rural Dog, Chow Chow, and Lhasa Apso Cn.
Median lifespan is 10.6 years, slightly shorter than expected for the breed size (22.5 kg).
What the genome says about Chinese Shar Pei
Computed from the 14,478 research dogs in the Atlas. Methods: technical methodology.
- Akita10.45
- Qingchuan Hound14.09
- Chinese Rural Dog14.10
- Chow Chow14.32
- Lhasa Apso Cn15.23
Frequency of the alternate allele in this breed at each locus's representative SNP. Methods + caveats in technical methodology.
| IGF1 | 86% |
| HMGA2 | 55% |
| SMAD2 | 90% |
| LCORL | 96% |
| STC2 | 45% |
| ADAMTS17 | 21% |
| FGF4·CFA18 | 85% |
| FGF4·CFA12 | 37% |
| RSPO2 | 68% |
| FGF5 | 60% |
| KRT71 | 87% |
| MC1R | 94% |
| MSRB3 | 83% |
| BMP3 | 85% |
| SMOC2 | 33% |