Banking DNA from popular sires as an investment in the future health of a breed
A week ago the Royal Kennel Club (RKC) published their report ‘A New Future for Dog Breeding‘ that details the ways in which the RKC[…]
CAGT offers full KC Good/Best practice bundles to 14 different breeds
Everyone wants the puppy that they buy to live a long and healthy life. And scrupulous, health-conscious dog breeders feel the same way; the last[…]
New disease mutations can occur in any dog, of any breed, at any time (and probably will)!
DNA mutates – that’s what it does. If we go back 30,000 years there weren’t any domestic dogs, just wolves. But through a process of[…]
Why do we publish the results of our research?
The Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) is enormously proud of its publication record. Since the year 2000 the CGC team members have published well over 100[…]
It’s National DNA Day today!
April 25th is National DNA Day and commemorates the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins and co-workers published the[…]
Presentation about the CGC Biobank – What? Uses? Why?
The CGC’s DNA sample collection is unique. Developed over the last quarter of a century, and comprising DNA samples from over 42,000 different dogs, it[…]
How does the Canine Genetics Centre choose which diseases to investigate?
A question that members of the Canine Genetics Centre (CGC) are sometimes asked is how we decide which diseases to investigate. The answer depends on[…]
Tuning in to canine conversations: CGC and Wisdom Panel hit the airwaves
On 1 November, Dr. Cathryn Mellersh, principal investigator at the Canine Genetics Centre, and Karen Wild, clinical animal behaviourist, dog trainer, and author, participated in[…]
BIG data gives us BIG results but also BIG headaches!
A couple of weeks ago Bryan gave you an overview on our sample database, but how do we get from those samples to creating a[…]
Breeding with Carriers – yay or nay?
With the recent launch of the Paradoxical pseudomyotonia (PP) test in the Cocker Spaniel, we have seen an increase in breeders asking whether it is[…]
Recent Publications
Wade CM et al. Autosomal dominant primary hyperparathyroidism in the Keeshond dog breed is strongly associated with a missense variant in sirtuin-6. Anim Genet. 2025 Dec;56(6)
Ricketts SL et al. Common variants in the CPT1A gene are associated with cataracts in Northern breeds of domestic dog. PLoS One. 2025 Apr 4
Jenkins CA et al. Genome-wide association study of idiopathic epilepsy in the Italian Spinone dog breed. PLoS One. 2025 Mar 5
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