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Village Dog Liberia Lofa

Village Dog Liberia Lofa genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 18 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.35. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Liberia Lofa

In the atlas, the village dog Liberia Lofa clusters consistently as village dog Liberia Lofa (100% of the 18 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3524), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, FGF4_retrogene_CFA18 runs lower than average (42% here vs 77%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.352, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. High breed predictability score (2.64), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 18 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Namibia Northern, village dog Uganda, village dog Egypt Luxor, village dog Drc Boende, and village dog Qatar.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Liberia Lofa

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

Dogs in the Atlas
18Founders
17 from Hayward2016, 1 from Shannon
Genetic diversity
0.35Diverse
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 15.20
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Namibia Northern3.81
  2. Village Dog Uganda6.91
  3. Village Dog Egypt Luxor9.65
  4. Village Dog Drc Boende9.87
  5. Village Dog Qatar17.28
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
IGF172%
HMGA258%
SMAD272%
LCORL89%
STC253%
ADAMTS1778%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1842%
FGF4·CFA1283%
Coat
RSPO275%
FGF564%
KRT7167%
MC1R72%
Ear set
MSRB364%
Skull shape
BMP381%
SMOC292%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data