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Tibetan Terrier

Tibetan Terrier genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 9 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.30. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Tibetan Terrier

In the atlas, the Tibetan Terrier clusters consistently as Tibetan Terrier (100% of the 9 dogs here). At the trait loci, SMAD2 runs lower than average (0% here vs 74%); IGF1 runs higher than the atlas average (100% here vs 55%).

High breed predictability score (4.95), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 9 dogs of this breed in the atlas, every individual contributes outsized weight to the breed's computed profile.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Shih Tzu, Finnish Lapphund, Elkhound, Chihuahua, and Papillon.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Tibetan Terrier

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

Dogs in the Atlas
9Founders
6 from Hayward2016, 2 from JenkinsWGS, 1 from Shannon
Genetic diversity
0.30Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 12.95
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Shih Tzu9.75
  2. Finnish Lapphund10.39
  3. Elkhound11.05
  4. Chihuahua11.08
  5. Papillon11.32
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
IGF1100%
HMGA217%
SMAD20%
LCORL94%
STC294%
ADAMTS1756%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1889%
FGF4·CFA1283%
Coat
RSPO2100%
FGF5100%
KRT71100%
MC1R78%
Ear set
MSRB350%
Skull shape
BMP3100%
SMOC278%
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Last updated
Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data