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English Bulldog

English Bulldog genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 10 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.28. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about English Bulldog

In the atlas, the English Bulldog clusters consistently as English Bulldog (100% of the 10 dogs here). At the trait loci, MSRB3 runs lower than average (0% here vs 80%); BMP3 runs lower than average (0% here vs 66%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

High breed predictability score (1.46), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 10 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Slavic, village dog Armenia, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Wire Fox Terrier, and village dog Slovakia.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about English Bulldog

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

Dogs in the Atlas
10Founders
10 from Spatola
Genetic diversity
0.28Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 30.13
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Slavic23.61
  2. Village Dog Armenia25.14
  3. Polish Lowland Sheepdog25.55
  4. Wire Fox Terrier25.63
  5. Village Dog Slovakia25.63
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
IGF110%
HMGA25%
SMAD290%
LCORL100%
STC213%
ADAMTS1750%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1855%
FGF4·CFA12100%
Coat
RSPO20%
FGF570%
KRT71100%
MC1R100%
Ear set
MSRB30%
Skull shape
BMP30%
SMOC220%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data