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Village Dog Drc Katanga

Village Dog Drc Katanga genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 12 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.37. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Drc Katanga

In the atlas, the village dog Drc Katanga clusters consistently as village dog Drc Katanga (100% of the 12 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3733), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, SMOC2 runs lower than average (38% here vs 75%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.373, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. High breed predictability score (2.56), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 12 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Lebanon Beruit, village dog Turkey Istanbul, village dog Honduras, village dog Peru Cusco, and village dog Dominican Republic.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Drc Katanga

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

Dogs in the Atlas
12Founders
11 from Hayward2016, 1 from Shannon
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: 15.53
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Lebanon Beruit3.86
  2. Village Dog Turkey Istanbul7.82
  3. Village Dog Honduras10.06
  4. Village Dog Peru Cusco10.66
  5. Village Dog Dominican Republic10.97
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
IGF146%
HMGA238%
SMAD279%
LCORL88%
STC271%
ADAMTS1763%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1858%
FGF4·CFA1279%
Coat
RSPO258%
FGF563%
KRT7183%
MC1R92%
Ear set
MSRB383%
Skull shape
BMP383%
SMOC238%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data