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Irish Wolfhound

Irish Wolfhound genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 286 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.23. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Irish Wolfhound

In the atlas, the Irish Wolfhound clusters consistently as Irish Wolfhound (100% of the 286 dogs here). At the trait loci, LCORL runs lower than average (0% here vs 83%); HMGA2 runs lower than average (0% here vs 56%).

Ranks 8 of 107 on the bottleneck severity scale, among the most genetically contracted breeds in the atlas. High breed predictability score (3.77), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Scottish Deerhound, Borzoi, Italian Greyhound, Whippet, and Greyhound.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Irish Wolfhound

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

Dogs in the Atlas
286Founders
209 from Hayward2016, 55 from Shannon, 10 from Spatola
Genetic diversity
0.23Tight
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Ranks 8th most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Splits into two genetic sub-populations
Intra-breed RMS distance: 23.46 · likely working/show-line, regional, or kennel lineage split.
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Scottish Deerhound8.19
  2. Borzoi35.85
  3. Italian Greyhound39.76
  4. Whippet40.07
  5. Greyhound42.22
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
IGF123%
HMGA20%
SMAD261%
LCORL0%
STC287%
ADAMTS1731%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA18100%
FGF4·CFA1255%
Coat
RSPO2100%
FGF533%
KRT7197%
MC1R31%
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP376%
SMOC273%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data