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Qingchuan Hound

Qingchuan Hound genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 12 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.32. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Qingchuan Hound

In the atlas, the Qingchuan Hound clusters consistently as Qingchuan Hound (100% of the 12 dogs here). At the trait loci, MC1R runs lower than average (17% here vs 62%); IGF1 runs higher than the atlas average (96% here vs 55%).

High breed predictability score (3.76), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 12 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Lhasa Apso Cn, Chinese Rural Dog, Chow Chow, Akita, and Guangxi Hound.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Qingchuan Hound

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

Dogs in the Atlas
12Founders
12 from Chen
Genetic diversity
0.32Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 11.75
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Lhasa Apso Cn1.79
  2. Chinese Rural Dog7.34
  3. Chow Chow10.68
  4. Akita10.76
  5. Guangxi Hound11.96
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
IGF196%
HMGA279%
SMAD263%
LCORL100%
STC283%
ADAMTS1763%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1888%
FGF4·CFA1267%
Coat
RSPO258%
FGF571%
KRT7192%
MC1R17%
Ear set
MSRB371%
Skull shape
BMP396%
SMOC254%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data