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Village Dog Portugal

Village Dog Portugal genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 9 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.36. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Portugal

In the atlas, the village dog Portugal clusters consistently as village dog Portugal (100% of the 9 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3571), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, HMGA2 runs lower than average (22% here vs 56%).

Mean heterozygosity is 0.357, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. High breed predictability score (0.86), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 9 dogs of this breed in the atlas, every individual contributes outsized weight to the breed's computed profile.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Peru Puno, village dog Colombia, village dog Peru Loreto, village dog Brazil, and village dog Peru Cusco.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Portugal

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

Dogs in the Atlas
9Founders
9 from Hayward2016
Genetic diversity
0.36Diverse
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 16.24
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Peru Puno2.61
  2. Village Dog Colombia3.85
  3. Village Dog Peru Loreto3.96
  4. Village Dog Brazil4.36
  5. Village Dog Peru Cusco4.40
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
IGF167%
HMGA222%
SMAD261%
LCORL100%
STC261%
ADAMTS1767%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1861%
FGF4·CFA1283%
Coat
RSPO267%
FGF583%
KRT7172%
MC1R72%
Ear set
MSRB378%
Skull shape
BMP372%
SMOC272%
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Last updated
Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data