Basepaws Veterinary Breed Reporting
Basepaws assesses the level of genomic similarity between the tested dog and dogs belonging to different recognized breeds. A dog's top breed match could mean one of two things: (1) the dog has ancestors belonging to the breed ; or (2) the dog at some point shared a common ancestor with modern-day representatives of that breed.
Basepaws compares the tested canine's genome with the known data of hundreds of publicly available, sequenced genomes, from global databases, as well as our own proprietary set of canine genomes. From this analysis, we provide the veterinarian a report showing a dog's genetic similarity to specific breeds within breed groups.
Presently we have approximately 360 canine breeds in our database. The breed test includes a report of the top three closest similar breeds.
Basepaws uses DNA sequencing methods, next-gen sequencing and low-pass whole genome sequencing. While we do provide veterinarians with a breed overview and health predispositions associated with the breeds identified, we do not use that information to make a correlation for disease risk. Instead we use any potentially identified gene mutations and copies of mutations backed by peer-reviewed published research.
