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Village Dog Papua New Guinea East Highlands

Village Dog Papua New Guinea East Highlands genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 11 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.37. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Papua New Guinea East Highlands

In the atlas, the village dog Papua New Guinea East Highlands clusters consistently as village dog Papua New Guinea East Highlands (100% of the 11 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3711), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, BMP3 runs higher than the atlas average (100% here vs 66%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.371, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. High breed predictability score (4.29), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 11 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Samoyed, Mongolian Dog, Tibetan Terrier, and Finnish Lapphund.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Papua New Guinea East Highlands

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

Dogs in the Atlas
11Founders
7 from Hayward2016, 4 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: 15.35
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Papua New Guinea Port Moresby8.12
  2. Samoyed17.20
  3. Mongolian Dog18.18
  4. Tibetan Terrier18.25
  5. Finnish Lapphund18.55
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
IGF164%
HMGA232%
SMAD291%
LCORL96%
STC282%
ADAMTS1777%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1886%
FGF4·CFA1277%
Coat
RSPO241%
FGF573%
KRT7196%
MC1R86%
Ear set
MSRB396%
Skull shape
BMP3100%
SMOC246%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data