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Italian Greyhound

Italian Greyhound genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 16 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.34. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Italian Greyhound

In the atlas, the Italian Greyhound clusters consistently as Italian Greyhound (100% of the 16 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3419), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, HMGA2 runs lower than average (0% here vs 56%); SMAD2 runs lower than average (22% here vs 74%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

Mean heterozygosity is 0.342, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. Only 16 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Whippet, Borzoi, Briard, Old English Sheepdog, and mixed breed.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Italian Greyhound

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

Dogs in the Atlas
16Founders
10 from Spatola, 6 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.34Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 22.37
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Whippet6.17
  2. Borzoi8.94
  3. Briard10.78
  4. Old English Sheepdog10.92
  5. Mix10.95
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
IGF1100%
HMGA20%
SMAD222%
LCORL100%
STC2100%
ADAMTS1783%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1897%
FGF4·CFA1234%
Coat
RSPO244%
FGF588%
KRT7197%
MC1R34%
Ear set
MSRB356%
Skull shape
BMP3100%
SMOC234%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data