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Originally Posted by pstinard  Why the sad face and question marks? If you do a google scholar search for research articles about the MARS test or Wisdom panel, you will find studies comparing visual recognition of dog breeds in mixed breed dogs with the results of Wisdom panel testing, concluding that the Wisdom panel testing is more accurate. It is what it is. |
I think that that face means confused. I would like to know how extensive their DNA database is, and the credentials of the DNA used to provide a purebred data base. And how extensive it needs to be per breed to ascertain with a 95% probability that they can actually ascertain if a dog is pure-bred or not?
For example for our Rare Breed as far as I am aware the Mars/Wisdom panel has not reached out to either USA or CDN National clubs to provide DNA samples for these purebreds. How then could they ascertain if there is some mix of my breed in a sample provided to them for their analysis?
I suppose until we map the genome for each purebred dog we are going to be a ways away from determing purebred bred type by a Wisdom Panel test.