Skip to main content
snıff

Village Dog Puerto Rico

Village Dog Puerto Rico genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 9 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.39. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog Puerto Rico

In the atlas, the village dog Puerto Rico clusters consistently as village dog Puerto Rico (100% of the 9 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3869), 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 0.387, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. 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 Mexico Morelia, village dog Colombia, village dog Peru Loreto, village dog Peru Arequipa, and village dog Dominican Republic.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog Puerto Rico

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

Dogs in the Atlas
9Founders
6 from Hayward2016, 3 from Shannon
Genetic diversity
0.39Diverse
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Too few dogs in this breed (<20) to rank.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 17.18
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Mexico Morelia2.27
  2. Village Dog Colombia2.27
  3. Village Dog Peru Loreto2.54
  4. Village Dog Peru Arequipa2.66
  5. Village Dog Dominican Republic2.74
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
IGF150%
HMGA222%
SMAD244%
LCORL100%
STC283%
ADAMTS1778%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1861%
FGF4·CFA1289%
Coat
RSPO267%
FGF578%
KRT7189%
MC1R61%
Ear set
MSRB383%
Skull shape
BMP372%
SMOC289%
Add your Village Dog Puerto Rico to the Atlas

You can add your Village Dog Puerto Rico right now at /add/ as a Charted star. Or, if you'd rather wait for DNA uploads, leave your email and we'll let you know the moment those open.

Last updated
Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data