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Chinook

Chinook genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 11 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.26. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Chinook

In the atlas, the Chinook clusters consistently as Chinook (100% of the 11 dogs here). At the trait loci, LCORL runs lower than average (14% here vs 83%); ADAMTS17 runs lower than average (9% here vs 54%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

High breed predictability score (10.07), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 11 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: German Shepherd, village dog Us Alaska, Belgian Shepherd, village dog Lebanon Beruit, and village dog Turkey Istanbul.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Chinook

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

Dogs in the Atlas
11Founders
11 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.26Tight
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 11.82
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. German Shepherd21.87
  2. Village Dog Us Alaska33.00
  3. Belgian Shepherd35.91
  4. Village Dog Lebanon Beruit36.68
  5. Village Dog Turkey Istanbul37.23
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
IGF118%
HMGA241%
SMAD291%
LCORL14%
STC296%
ADAMTS179%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA18100%
FGF4·CFA1286%
Coat
RSPO286%
FGF591%
KRT7182%
MC1R100%
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP396%
SMOC241%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data