American Akita
Placed on this panel from 7 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Japanese Akita, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 0.7% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to American Akita.
The line starts at the tightest pairing this panel holds and ends at the widest separation measured on it, so how far along these marks sit is the answer to how close American Akita really is to anything.
1
Japanese Akita2
Kishu3
Chow Chow4
Shiba Inu5
Chinese Shar-Pei6
Thai Ridgeback7
Kai Ken8
Greenland Dog9
Alaskan Malamute10
Formosan Mountain Dog11
Eurasier12
Japanese Chin
Japanese Akita2Kishu3Chow Chow4Shiba Inu5Chinese Shar-Pei6Thai Ridgeback7Kai Ken8Greenland Dog9Alaskan Malamute10Formosan Mountain Dog11Eurasier12Japanese ChinCloseness is measured from the genomes, and nothing else. It has no units and no dates. Two breeds sitting close together means their lines separate late in this data. It does not mean either one came from the other.