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Dingo West

Dingo West genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 132 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.14. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Dingo West

In the atlas, the Dingo West clusters consistently as Dingo West (100% of the 132 dogs here). Genetic diversity is low (mean heterozygosity 0.1363), suggesting a tightly-related local population. At the trait loci, RSPO2 runs lower than average (6% here vs 55%); STC2 runs lower than average (40% here vs 74%). This is a densely populated region, many genetically similar dogs are sampled.

Ranks 1 of 107 on the bottleneck severity scale, among the most genetically contracted breeds in the atlas. Mean heterozygosity is 0.136, low even for a closed-stud breed. High breed predictability score (3.52), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically.

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

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Dingo West

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

Dogs in the Atlas
132Founders
132 from Cairns
Genetic diversity
0.14Severe bottleneck
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Ranks 1st most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Splits into two genetic sub-populations
Intra-breed RMS distance: 6.33 · likely working/show-line, regional, or kennel lineage split.
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Dingo Captive3.56
  2. Dingo South6.14
  3. Dingo East6.44
  4. Dingo Bigdesert6.53
  5. Dingo Hybrid26.24
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%
STC241%
ADAMTS17
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1899%
FGF4·CFA12
Coat
RSPO27%
FGF5
KRT71
MC1R
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP3100%
SMOC2
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data