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.
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.
What the genome says about Irish Wolfhound
Computed from the 14,478 research dogs in the Atlas. Methods: technical methodology.
- Scottish Deerhound8.19
- Borzoi35.85
- Italian Greyhound39.76
- Whippet40.07
- Greyhound42.22
Frequency of the alternate allele in this breed at each locus's representative SNP. Methods + caveats in technical methodology.
| IGF1 | 23% |
| HMGA2 | 0% |
| SMAD2 | 61% |
| LCORL | 0% |
| STC2 | 87% |
| ADAMTS17 | 31% |
| FGF4·CFA18 | 100% |
| FGF4·CFA12 | 55% |
| RSPO2 | 100% |
| FGF5 | 33% |
| KRT71 | 97% |
| MC1R | 31% |
| MSRB3 | 100% |
| BMP3 | 76% |
| SMOC2 | 73% |