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Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 16 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.29. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

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What the atlas says about Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

In the atlas, the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier clusters consistently as Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier (100% of the 16 dogs here). At the trait loci, RSPO2 runs higher than the atlas average (100% here vs 55%); ADAMTS17 runs higher than the atlas average (96% here vs 54%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.

Only 16 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Airedale Terrier, Border Terrier, Glen Of Imaal Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier, and Cane Corso.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

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

Dogs in the Atlas
16Founders
10 from Hayward2016, 4 from Spatola, 2 from JenkinsWGS
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: 22.91
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Airedale Terrier7.04
  2. Border Terrier9.97
  3. Glen Of Imaal Terrier11.71
  4. Jack Russell Terrier12.21
  5. Cane Corso12.71
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
IGF175%
HMGA228%
SMAD294%
LCORL100%
STC2100%
ADAMTS1796%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA18100%
FGF4·CFA12100%
Coat
RSPO2100%
FGF569%
KRT71100%
MC1R81%
Ear set
MSRB3100%
Skull shape
BMP365%
SMOC2100%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data