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Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 16 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.25. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

In the atlas, the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog clusters consistently as Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (100% of the 16 dogs here). At the trait loci, LCORL runs lower than average (19% here vs 83%); IGF1 runs lower than average (0% here vs 55%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

Only 16 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Bernese Mountain Dog, Saint Bernard, Flat Coated Retriever, Leonberger, and Rottweiler.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

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

Dogs in the Atlas
16Founders
10 from Hayward2016, 6 from Spatola
Genetic diversity
0.25Tight
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 23.79
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Bernese Mountain Dog9.99
  2. Saint Bernard12.89
  3. Flat Coated Retriever14.39
  4. Leonberger15.07
  5. Rottweiler15.77
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
IGF10%
HMGA288%
SMAD291%
LCORL19%
STC2100%
ADAMTS1750%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1856%
FGF4·CFA1231%
Coat
RSPO2100%
FGF525%
KRT71100%
MC1R100%
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP346%
SMOC281%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data