Non-seasonal breeding appears dominant with incomplete penetrance in Australian Basenji dogs.

ABSTRACT: Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) generally reproduce non-seasonally. However, the Basenji is an exception with seasonal breeding cycles, although some Basenjis can successfully reproduce outside of the breed's usual breeding season. There has been little investigation into the inheritance of non-seasonal breeding in canids, and the results remain inconclusive. Our aim was to predict the mode of inheritance of non-seasonal breeding in Australian Basenjis under a monogenic model. We purchased Australian registration records, which include a pedigree of 5796 Basenjis. This allowed us to confirm the breed's usual breeding season in Australia, which was from May to July, although 12.5% of litters were born outside this time. Based on the timing of litters, we assigned dams as seasonal or non-se

SUBMITTER: Gardner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12672569 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature