Many American Kennel Club (AKC) breeds are derived from other, older breeds. Would Wisdom Panel™ Insights sometimes mistakenly detect some of the originating breeds instead of the newer AKC recognized breed?
Some breeds are relatively new, created from mixing other breeds together. When this happens, some ancestral similarities may remain in certain chromosomal regions, making it possible to have breeds that have been combined in crosses to ultimately form a new breed could potentially be detected as matches at certain markers that our test uses. If this occurs, this would most likely be reported as trace amounts of the ancestrally related breeds. • Of the American Kennel Club (AKC) breeds not currently being identified and some other breeds not recognized by AKC (such as pit bull), would the test identify that the dog has a significant amount of an undetermined breed or would it just not say anything at all? Our test is designed to find the best matches to the 185+ breeds in our database. Occasionally it is possible that no strong breed matches will be made. In this case, no breeds would be reported, which may happen if no breeds are present in the lineage of the dog that Wisdom Panel™ In
