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Scottish Deerhound

Scottish Deerhound genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 11 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.29. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Scottish Deerhound

In the atlas, the Scottish Deerhound clusters consistently as Scottish Deerhound (100% of the 11 dogs here). At the trait loci, LCORL runs lower than average (18% here vs 83%); FGF4_retrogene_CFA12 runs lower than average (18% here vs 80%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

High breed predictability score (3.46), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 11 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Irish Wolfhound, Borzoi, Greyhound, Italian Greyhound, and Whippet.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Scottish Deerhound

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

Dogs in the Atlas
11Founders
10 from Spatola, 1 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.29Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 14.32
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Irish Wolfhound8.19
  2. Borzoi40.36
  3. Greyhound43.61
  4. Italian Greyhound43.77
  5. Whippet43.84
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
IGF156%
HMGA20%
SMAD241%
LCORL18%
STC2
ADAMTS17
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1846%
FGF4·CFA1218%
Coat
RSPO2
FGF568%
KRT7146%
MC1R18%
Ear set
MSRB3
Skull shape
BMP360%
SMOC277%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data