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Samoyed

Samoyed genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 20 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.32. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Samoyed

In the atlas, the Samoyed clusters consistently as Samoyed (100% of the 20 dogs here). At the trait loci, BMP3 runs higher than the atlas average (100% here vs 66%); FGF5 runs higher than the atlas average (95% here vs 64%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

High breed predictability score (0.90), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 20 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Finnish Lapphund, village dog Afghanistan, village dog Turkey Istanbul, Elkhound, and village dog Papua New Guinea Port Moresby.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Samoyed

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

Dogs in the Atlas
20Founders
10 from Hayward2016, 10 from Spatola
Genetic diversity
0.32Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Ranks 69th most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 22.32
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Finnish Lapphund11.99
  2. Village Dog Afghanistan13.31
  3. Village Dog Turkey Istanbul15.12
  4. Elkhound15.15
  5. Village Dog Papua New Guinea Port Moresby15.26
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
IGF179%
HMGA243%
SMAD288%
LCORL55%
STC290%
ADAMTS1775%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1883%
FGF4·CFA1273%
Coat
RSPO250%
FGF595%
KRT71100%
MC1R83%
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP3100%
SMOC265%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data