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Village Dog Crusade

Village Dog Crusade genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 16 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.37. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Crusade

In the atlas, the village dog Crusade clusters consistently as village dog Crusade (100% of the 16 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3707), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, MSRB3 runs lower than average (12% here vs 80%); BMP3 runs lower than average (3% here vs 66%). This is a densely populated region, many genetically similar dogs are sampled.

Mean heterozygosity is 0.371, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. Only 16 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog East Russia, Feral Dog Chernobyl, village dog Kazakhstan, village dog Ukraine, and Polish Lowland Sheepdog.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Crusade

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

Dogs in the Atlas
16Founders
16 from Spatola
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: 13.11
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog East Russia0.74
  2. Feral Dog Chernobyl1.26
  3. Village Dog Kazakhstan1.26
  4. Village Dog Ukraine1.31
  5. Polish Lowland Sheepdog1.83
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
IGF159%
HMGA247%
SMAD269%
LCORL72%
STC225%
ADAMTS1763%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1872%
FGF4·CFA1278%
Coat
RSPO241%
FGF563%
KRT7184%
MC1R75%
Ear set
MSRB313%
Skull shape
BMP33%
SMOC263%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data