{"id":286476,"date":"2025-12-10T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/2025\/12\/10\/ridge-in-the-rhodesian-ridgeback\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:48:21","slug":"ridge-in-the-rhodesian-ridgeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/en\/2025\/12\/10\/ridge-in-the-rhodesian-ridgeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridge in the Rhodesian Ridgeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"286476\" class=\"elementor elementor-286476 elementor-285526\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b384304 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b384304\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f4cb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55f4cb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Determination of the ridge gene in the Rhodesian Ridgeback<\/h2><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><p>The <strong>ridge<\/strong> &#8211; the distinctive <strong>ridge<\/strong> running against the direction of the coat &#8211; is one of the characteristic features of the Rhodesian Ridgeback breed. The appearance of the Ridge is clearly defined by the respective breed standards.<\/p><p>The development of the ridge is caused by a <strong>genetic variant on chromosome 18<\/strong>. This is a <strong>duplication<\/strong> of an approx. 100 kb long DNA section. The variant follows an <strong>autosomal dominant inheritance with incomplete penetrance<\/strong>: in heterozygous dogs with the R\/r genotype, around 95% carry a ridge, while in around 5% of dogs the dominant R allele is silenced, meaning that these dogs do not have a ridge.<\/p><p>The genetic test can be used to determine whether the ridge gene is heterozygous (R\/r) or homozygous (R\/R). 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The appearance of the Ridge is clearly defined by the respective breed standards. 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