Canine Medicine and Genetics

Table 1 The degree of heterozygosity (Hz) and subpopulation differentiation (F^ST) in the six studied breeds

From: Variation in breeding practices and geographic isolation drive subpopulation differentiation, contributing to the loss of genetic diversity within dog breed lineages

	Median Hz	F^ST
Italian Greyhound
European population	0.3466	0.0846
US population	0.3199	0.1548
Shetland Sheepdog
European population	0.3029	0.1847
US population	0.289	0.2266
English Greyhound
Dog sports	0.338	0.0665
Show / Companion	0.2606	0.3405
Labrador Retriever
Working dogs	0.3934	0.0071
Show / Companion	0.3372	0.1858
Belgian Shepherd
Groenendael	0.3485	0.198
Malinois	0.3938	0.0881
Tervueren	0.3768	0.1869
Laekenois	0.3211	NA^a
Finnish Lapphund
Herding background	0.3724	0.1182
Other	0.399	0.0343

^aF^ST for Laekenois was not available as the sampled dogs representing this breed variety were not distinguishable from Malinois

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