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Originally Posted by gemy  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. |
I know for a fact that the DNA samples for their purebred reference database for US purebreds have to be AKC registered, and the AKC pedigrees provided to them. I'm not sure about their UK database. You are correct, not every single rare breed is in their database yet. If you are associated with a rare breed club and can provide pedigreed DNA samples to MARS, you could approach them and ask them if they could add your rare breed to their database. That is what happened in the case of Biewers, and they are recognized only as an emerging breed by the AKC Foundation Stock Service at present. I also know for a fact that their Yorkshire Terrier reference set includes several hundred DNA samples. I'm not sure about other common breeds, but I imagine that they also include several hundred samples per breed at least. But you are correct, if there is a rare breed in the ancestry of a dog's DNA sample sent to MARS, the results would either not detect it, or give the result as the most closely related breed to the rare breed.