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Village Dog Namibia Northern

Village Dog Namibia Northern genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 14 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.35. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Namibia Northern

In the atlas, the village dog Namibia Northern clusters consistently as village dog Namibia Northern (100% of the 14 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3519), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, STC2 runs lower than average (39% here vs 74%); RSPO2 runs higher than the atlas average (89% here vs 55%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.352, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. High breed predictability score (3.62), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 14 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Liberia Lofa, 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 Namibia Northern

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

Dogs in the Atlas
14Founders
12 from Hayward2016, 2 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: 14.51
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Liberia Lofa3.81
  2. Village Dog Uganda6.87
  3. Village Dog Egypt Luxor10.61
  4. Village Dog Drc Boende11.10
  5. Village Dog Qatar17.05
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
IGF171%
HMGA243%
SMAD250%
LCORL68%
STC239%
ADAMTS1764%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1850%
FGF4·CFA1286%
Coat
RSPO289%
FGF575%
KRT7193%
MC1R79%
Ear set
MSRB382%
Skull shape
BMP386%
SMOC279%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data