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Village Dog South Africa 1

Village Dog South Africa 1 genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 22 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.34. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.

What the atlas says about Village Dog South Africa 1

In the atlas, the village dog South Africa 1 clusters consistently as village dog South Africa 1 (100% of the 22 dogs here). Genetic diversity is high (mean heterozygosity 0.3442), reflecting either a mixed-breed cluster or breeds with broad genetic backgrounds. At the trait loci, BMP3 runs lower than average (11% here vs 66%); MSRB3 runs lower than average (30% here vs 80%).

Ranks 85 of 107 on the bottleneck severity scale, in the upper quartile of genetic diversity. Mean heterozygosity is 0.344, notably high, indicates broad genetic background. High breed predictability score (2.94), individual dogs of this breed reliably cluster together genetically. Only 22 dogs of this breed in the atlas, modestly sampled.

Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: village dog Iraq, village dog Armenia, village dog Tajikistan, Thai Ridgeback, and village dog China.

Genetic dimensions · CanVAS atlas

What the genome says about Village Dog South Africa 1

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

Dogs in the Atlas
22Founders
22 from Spatola
Genetic diversity
0.34Moderate
Mean heterozygosity across the breed. Ranks 85th most genetically tight of 107 ranked breeds.
Cluster structure
Single tight cluster
Intra-breed RMS distance: 14.22
Nearest genetic relatives
  1. Village Dog Iraq5.90
  2. Village Dog Armenia5.95
  3. Village Dog Tajikistan6.00
  4. Thai Ridgeback6.46
  5. Village Dog China6.58
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
IGF118%
HMGA221%
SMAD293%
LCORL73%
STC275%
ADAMTS1768%
Leg length
FGF4·CFA1873%
FGF4·CFA1296%
Coat
RSPO236%
FGF559%
KRT7177%
MC1R86%
Ear set
MSRB330%
Skull shape
BMP311%
SMOC289%
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Sources: CanVAS (Brundage 2026) · CanVAS dimensions data