What traits do you test for?

Learn about your dog's coat length and texture, body size, and other traits.

You can find a comprehensive list of the traits and coat colors we test for here: Traits List

You can find a list of the coat colors we test for here: Does the Embark test include coat color?

Furnishings, shedding, and curls are all genetic. Several genes are at work here, and they all interact.

Some of the traits and body features we test for are:

• Furnishings (RSPO2)
• Curly Coat (KRT71)
• Long Hair/Fluff gene (FGF5)
• Shedding (MC5R)
• Hairlessness (FOXI3)
• Hairlessness (SGK3)
• Oculocutaneous Albinism (SLC45A2)

Other Body Features

• Muzzle Length (BMP3)
• Tail Length (T)
• Hind Dew Claws (LMBR1)
• Eye Color (ALX4)
• Back Muscling & Bulk, Large Breed (ACSL4)
• Body Size (IGF1, IGF1R, GHR, STC2)
  Body size is a complex trait that is affected by both genetic and environmental variation. Our genetic analysis includes genes that, together, explain over 85 percent of the variation in dog body size.