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Icelandic Sheepdog

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“Bunnie is training to be a service dog. She is a very sweet and funny little girl that smiles all the time. She loves sardines and hates squirrels. Her favorite toy is a little stuffed duck.”

Place of Birth

Zanesville, OH, USA

Current Location

Hickory, NC, USA

From

Zanesville, OH, USA

This dog has been viewed and been given 5 wags

Registration

American Kennel Club (AKC): DN64036704
Microchip: 985141002232777

Genetic Breed Result

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Icelandic Sheepdog

Icelandic Sheepdogs are a Spitz-type breed and are one of only a handful of dogs that originated in Iceland. They trace their origins back to the Vikings and were used primarily to herd and protect sheep in the fields and countrysides of Iceland.

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Through Bunnie’s mitochondrial DNA we can trace her mother’s ancestry back to where dogs and people first became friends. This map helps you visualize the routes that her ancestors took to your home. Their story is described below the map.

Haplogroup

A1a

Haplotype

A381

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A1a

Bunnie’s Haplogroup

A1a is the most common maternal lineage among Western dogs. This lineage traveled from the site of dog domestication in Central Asia to Europe along with an early dog expansion perhaps 10,000 years ago. It hung around in European village dogs for many millennia. Then, about 300 years ago, some of the prized females in the line were chosen as the founding dogs for several dog breeds. That set in motion a huge expansion of this lineage. It's now the maternal lineage of the overwhelming majority of Mastiffs, Labrador Retrievers and Gordon Setters. About half of Boxers and less than half of Shar-Pei dogs descend from the A1a line. It is also common across the world among village dogs, a legacy of European colonialism.

A381

Bunnie’s Haplotype

Part of the large A1a haplogroup, this haplotype occurs most frequently in German Shepherd Dogs, Doberman Pinschers, and Dachshunds.

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The Paternal Haplotype reveals a dog’s deep ancestral lineage, stretching back thousands of years to the original domestication of dogs.

Are you looking for information on the breeds that Bunnie inherited from her mom and dad? Check out her breed breakdown.

Paternal Haplotype is determined by looking at a dog’s Y-chromosome—but not all dogs have Y-chromosomes!

Why can’t we show Paternal Haplotype results for female dogs?

All dogs have two sex chromosomes. Female dogs have two X-chromosomes (XX) and male dogs have one X-chromosome and one Y-chromosome (XY). When having offspring, female (XX) dogs always pass an X-chromosome to their puppy. Male (XY) dogs can pass either an X or a Y-chromosome—if the puppy receives an X-chromosome from its father then it will be a female (XX) puppy and if it receives a Y-chromosome then it will be a male (XY) puppy. As you can see, Y-chromosomes are passed down from a male dog only to its male offspring.

Since Bunnie is a female (XX) dog, she has no Y-chromosome for us to analyze and determine a paternal haplotype.

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