West Highland White Terrier
West Highland White Terrier genetic profile from the CanVAS Atlas. 30 dogs in the Atlas, heterozygosity 0.30. Nearest relatives, trait loci frequencies, cohort distribution.
In the atlas, the West Highland White Terrier clusters consistently as West Highland White Terrier (100% of the 30 dogs here). At the trait loci, FGF4_retrogene_CFA18 runs lower than average (8% here vs 77%); RSPO2 runs higher than the atlas average (100% here vs 55%). Dogs here sit in a relatively sparse region of the atlas, fewer close neighbors than typical.
Closest genetic neighbors in the atlas: Scottish Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Fox Terrier Wire, and Miniature Schnauzer.
What the genome says about West Highland White Terrier
Computed from the 14,478 research dogs in the Atlas. Methods: technical methodology.
- Scottish Terrier2.77
- Cairn Terrier6.66
- Norwich Terrier9.26
- Fox Terrier Wire9.27
- Miniature Schnauzer22.08
Frequency of the alternate allele in this breed at each locus's representative SNP. Methods + caveats in technical methodology.
| IGF1 | 58% |
| HMGA2 | 37% |
| SMAD2 | 35% |
| LCORL | 100% |
| STC2 | 69% |
| ADAMTS17 | 60% |
| FGF4·CFA18 | 8% |
| FGF4·CFA12 | 40% |
| RSPO2 | 100% |
| FGF5 | 52% |
| KRT71 | 78% |
| MC1R | 100% |
| MSRB3 | 85% |
| BMP3 | 80% |
| SMOC2 | 87% |