Caucasian Ovcharka
Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Central Asian Shepherd Dog, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 4.0% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to Caucasian Ovcharka.
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 Caucasian Ovcharka really is to anything.
Central Asian Shepherd Dog2
Saluki3
Turkish Mastiff4
Anatolian Shepherd Dog5
Kars6
Akbash7
Alaskan Malamute8
Thai Ridgeback9
Greenland Dog10
Sarplaninac11
Chow Chow12
Chinese Shar-PeiCloseness 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.
4 sequenced dogs is a thin sample. This breed’s exact neighbours could move if more were added; the neighbourhood is steadier than the order within it.