Figure 2.
Principle component analysis plots of Alaskan sled dogs (A and B) and four ancestry reference breeds (B) using a panel of 7K highly (FST >0.35) informative SNPs. A) Alaskan sled dogs from either distance (DIST-blue) or sprint (SPRT-red) racing kennels. B) Four ancestry reference breeds including AMAL, BORZ, GSHP, and HUSK as well as Alaskan sled dogs divided into their two populations of distance and sprint.