Labrador Or Golden Retriever
Labrador Or Golden Retriever genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 279 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.31. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.
What the atlas says about Labrador Or Golden Retriever
In the atlas, the Labrador Or Golden Retriever clusters consistently as Labrador Or Golden Retriever (100% of the 279 dogs here). At the trait loci, RSPO2 runs lower than average (20% here vs 55%).
Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Newfoundland, Flat Coated Retriever, Golden Retriever, and Dalmatian.
Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas
What the genome says about Labrador Or Golden Retriever
Computed from the 14,478 research dogs in the Atlas. Methods: technical methodology.
Dogs in the Atlas
279Founders
279 from Biasoli
Genetic diversity
0.31Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed.
Ranks 47th most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Splits into two genetic sub-populations
Intra-breed RMS distance: 32.06 · likely working/show-line, regional, or kennel lineage split.
Nearest genetic relatives
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever3.65
- Newfoundland4.30
- Flat Coated Retriever4.46
- Golden Retriever4.51
- Dalmatian5.16
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
| IGF1 | 60% |
| HMGA2 | 60% |
| SMAD2 | 87% |
| LCORL | 97% |
| STC2 | 93% |
| ADAMTS17 | 70% |
Leg length
| FGF4·CFA18 | 89% |
| FGF4·CFA12 | 69% |
Coat
| RSPO2 | 20% |
| FGF5 | 43% |
| KRT71 | 98% |
| MC1R | 51% |
Ear set
| MSRB3 | 90% |
Skull shape
| BMP3 | 92% |
| SMOC2 | 94% |
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data