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Curly Coated Retriever

Curly Coated Retriever genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 8 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.36. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Curly Coated Retriever

In the atlas, the Curly Coated Retriever clusters consistently as Curly Coated Retriever (100% of the 8 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3568), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, HMGA2 runs lower than average (6% here vs 56%); FGF4_retrogene_CFA12 runs lower than average (38% here vs 80%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.357, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. Low breed predictability score (0.18), individual dogs of this breed vary widely in genetics, suggesting active substructure or sub-population diversity. Only 8 dogs of this breed in the atlas, every individual contributes outsized weight to the breed's computed profile.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Labrador Retriever, Bouvier Des Flandres, American Eskimo Dog, Peruvian Inca Orchid, and Foxhound.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Curly Coated Retriever

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

Dogs in the Atlas
8Founders
6 from Spatola, 2 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.36Diverse
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 28.15
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Labrador Retriever3.13
  2. Bouvier Des Flandres3.89
  3. American Eskimo Dog4.32
  4. Peruvian Inca Orchid5.42
  5. Foxhound5.83
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
IGF150%
HMGA26%
SMAD2100%
LCORL50%
STC250%
ADAMTS1750%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA18100%
FGF4·CFA1238%
Coat
RSPO250%
FGF575%
KRT71100%
MC1R81%
Ear set
MSRB350%
Skull shape
BMP350%
SMOC281%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data