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Dingo South

Dingo South genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 55 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.18. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Dingo South

In the atlas, the Dingo South clusters consistently as Dingo South (100% of the 55 dogs here). Genetic diversity is low (mean heterozygosity 0.1754), suggesting a tightly-related local population. At the trait loci, RSPO2 runs lower than average (21% here vs 55%); the FGF4_retrogene_CFA18 variant is near-fixed at 98% vs 77% atlas-wide. This is a densely populated region, many genetically similar dogs are sampled.

Ranks 4 of 107 on the bottleneck severity scale, among the most genetically contracted breeds in the atlas. Mean heterozygosity is 0.175, low even for a closed-stud breed. High breed predictability score (4.68), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Dingo East, Dingo Captive, Dingo West, Dingo Bigdesert, and Dingo Hybrid.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Dingo South

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

Dogs in the Atlas
55Founders
55 from Cairns
Genetic diversity
0.18Severe bottleneck
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Ranks 4th most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 5.74
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Dingo East0.63
  2. Dingo Captive2.68
  3. Dingo West6.14
  4. Dingo Bigdesert11.71
  5. Dingo Hybrid20.20
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
IGF1
HMGA2
SMAD2
LCORL96%
STC260%
ADAMTS17
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1898%
FGF4·CFA12
Coat
RSPO221%
FGF5
KRT71
MC1R
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP390%
SMOC2
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data