Chow Chow
Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Chinese Shar-Pei, 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 Chow Chow.
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 Chow Chow really is to anything.
Chinese Shar-Pei2
Thai Ridgeback3
Kishu4
Japanese Akita5
American Akita6
Shiba Inu7
Eurasier8
Greenland Dog9
Kai Ken10
Formosan Mountain Dog11
Alaskan Malamute12
EloCloseness 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.