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Village Dog Costa Rica

Village Dog Costa Rica genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 8 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.37. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Costa Rica

In the atlas, the village dog Costa Rica clusters consistently as village dog Costa Rica (100% of the 8 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3717), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, ADAMTS17 runs higher than the atlas average (88% here vs 54%); MC1R runs higher than the atlas average (94% here vs 62%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.372, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. Only 8 dogs of this breed in the atlas, every individual contributes outsized weight to the breed's computed profile.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Colombia, village dog Puerto Rico, village dog Brazil, village dog Fiji Kadavu, and village dog Peru Ica.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Costa Rica

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

Dogs in the Atlas
8Founders
6 from Shannon, 2 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.37Diverse
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 20.46
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Colombia2.95
  2. Village Dog Puerto Rico3.03
  3. Village Dog Brazil3.88
  4. Village Dog Fiji Kadavu3.92
  5. Village Dog Peru Ica3.96
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
IGF181%
HMGA238%
SMAD256%
LCORL75%
STC269%
ADAMTS1788%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1875%
FGF4·CFA1288%
Coat
RSPO275%
FGF556%
KRT7188%
MC1R94%
Ear set
MSRB375%
Skull shape
BMP381%
SMOC263%
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Last updated
Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data