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. 2017 Feb 24;12(2):e0172918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172918

Table 3. Heritabilities for CHD and ED scores (mean + standard error of the mean) and the genetic correlation of the two joint scores for 60 dog breeds.

BREED Heritability of Hip Score Heritability of Elbow Score Genetic Correlation of Hip and Elbow Score
Akita 0.47 ± 0.02 0.53 ± 0.10 0.34 ± 0.16
Alaskan malamute 0.62 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.04 0.99 ± 0.01
American Staffordshire terrier 0.54 ± 0.06 0.27 ± 0.13 0.75 ± 0.17
Anatolian 0.53 ± 0.07 0.17 ± 0.07 0.92 ± 0.09
Australian cattle dog 0.60 ± 0.03 0.39 ± 0.11 0.49 ± 0.16
Australian shepherd 0.56 ± 0.02 0.25 ± 0.08 0.81 ± 0.11
Bearded Collie 0.53 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.04 -0.68 ± 0.38
Belgian Malinois 0.68 ± 0.05 0.20 ± 0.08 0.57 ± 0.18
Belgian sheepdog 0.51 ± 0.04 0.15 ± 0.10 0.54 ± 0.27
Belgian tervuren 0.49 ± 0.04 0.16 ± 0.05 0.93 ± 0.08
Bernese mountain dog 0.47 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.02 0.51 ± 0.04
Bichon 0.55 ± 0.04 0.85 ± 0.04 0.92 ± 0.11
Bloodhound 0.54 ± 0.04 0.16 ± 0.06 0.94 ± 0.07
Border collie 0.61 ± 0.03 0.14 ± 0.11 0.53 ± 0.28
Bouvier 0.54 ± 0.03 0.34 ± 0.08 0.45 ± 0.14
Boxer 0.75 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.18 -0.36 ± 0.50
Briard 0.52 ± 0.07 0.20 ± 0.12 0.79 ± 0.43
Brittany 0.58 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.04 0.69 ± 0.21
Bullmastiff 0.52 ± 0.04 0.41 ± 0.06 0.51 ± 0.10
Cavalier King Charles spaniel 0.60 ± 0.03 0.01 ± 0.01 -0.58 ± 0.32
Chesapeake bay retriever 0.56 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.03 0.78 ± 0.24
Chinese shar-pei 0.59 ± 0.04 0.25 ± 0.09 0.47 ± 0.21
Chowchow 0.59 ± 0.03 0.19 ± 0.07 0.32 ± 0.18
Doberman pinscher 0.54 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01 -0.82 ± 0.11
English setter 0.46 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.05 0.35 ± 0.107
English springer 0.65 ± 0.02 0.55 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.07
Flat coated retriever 0.49 ± 0.04 0.61 ± 0.10 0.60 ± 0.16
German shepherd 0.58 ± 0.03 0.26 ± 0.08 0.66 ± 0.13
German shorthaired pointer 0.53 ± 0.03 0.38 ± 0.14 0.18 ± 0.31
German wirehaired pointer 0.50 ± 0.05 0.05 ± 0.04 -0.68 ± 0.30
Giant schnauzer 0.57 ± 0.05 0.05 ± 0.03 0.32 ± 0.50
Golden retriever 0.65 ± 0.03 0.29 ± 0.11 0.50 ± 0.19
Gordon setter 0.58 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.02 0.91 ± 0.09
Great dane 0.55 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.03 0.98 ± 0.02
Great Pyrenees 0.56 ± 0.04 0.37 ± 0.17 0.57 ± 0.23
Greater Swiss mountain dog 0.57 ± 0.05 0.44 ± 0.07 0.38 ± 0.11
Havanese 0.64 ± 0.04 0.85 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.08
Irish setter 0.49 ± 0.03 0.86 ± 0.06 0.33 ± 0.14
Irish water spaniel 0.65 ± 0.06 0.16 ± 0.07 0.87 ± 0.13
Irish wolfhound 0.60 ± 0.09 0.52 ± 0.11 0.19 ± 0.17
Keeshond 0.57 ± 0.04 0.05 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.12
Labrador retriever 0.59 ± 0.05 0.10 ± 0.05 0.90 ± 0.11
Leonberger 0.69 ± 0.05 0.11 ± 0.05 0.91 ± 0.11
Mastiff 0.53 ± 0.03 0.32 ± 0.05 0.31 ± 0.09
Miniature American shepherd 0.49 ± 0.09 0.53 ± 0.11 0.96 ± 0.08
Newfoundland 0.51 ± 0.02 0.39 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.05
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever 0.64 ± 0.05 0.25 ± 0.08 0.99 ± 0.01
Old English sheepdog 0.58 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.04 -0.24 ± 0.48
Pembroke Welsh corgi 0.54 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.05 0.96 ± 0.05
Poodle 0.60 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.09 0.17 ± 0.17
Portugese water dog 0.55 ± 0.03 0.06 ± 0.05 0.08 ± 0.45
Rhodesian Ridgeback 0.58 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.04 0.81 ± 0.13
Rottweiler 0.57 ± 0.02 0.68 ± 0.03 0.27 ± 0.03
Samoyed 0.52 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.10 0.39 ± 0.32
Shetland sheepdog 0.61 ± 0.02 0.28 ± 0.06 0.95 ± 0.06
Spinone Italiano 0.52 ± 0.11 0.04 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.50
Tibetan mastiff 0.71 ± 0.05 0.22 ± 0.12 0.82 ± 0.16
Viszla 0.65 ± 0.02 0.47 ± 0.10 0.47 ± 0.15
Weimaraner 0.52 ± 0.03 0.11 ± 0.07 0.16 ± 0.46
Welsh springer spaniel 0.59 ± 0.10 0.90 ± 0.04 -0.06 ± 0.23