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Fox Terrier Wire

Fox Terrier Wire genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 12 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.23. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Fox Terrier Wire

In the atlas, the Fox Terrier Wire clusters consistently as Fox Terrier Wire (100% of the 12 dogs here). At the trait loci, HMGA2 runs lower than average (0% here vs 56%); RSPO2 runs higher than the atlas average (100% here vs 55%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

High breed predictability score (6.01), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 12 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Cairn Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Norwich Terrier, and Border Terrier.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Fox Terrier Wire

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

Dogs in the Atlas
12Founders
12 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.23Tight
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 12.39
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Cairn Terrier8.15
  2. West Highland White Terrier9.27
  3. Scottish Terrier9.81
  4. Norwich Terrier14.37
  5. Border Terrier18.71
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
IGF183%
HMGA20%
SMAD296%
LCORL100%
STC2100%
ADAMTS1779%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA18100%
FGF4·CFA12100%
Coat
RSPO2100%
FGF571%
KRT7175%
MC1R96%
Ear set
MSRB375%
Skull shape
BMP396%
SMOC288%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data