East-European shepherd — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

East-European shepherd

Placed on this panel from 3 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.

Measured nearest to White Swiss Shepherd Dog, 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 East-European shepherd.

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 East-European shepherd really is to anything.

1White Swiss Shepherd Dog2Bohemian Shepherd3Czechoslovakian Wolfdog4Old German Shepherd5Saarloos Wolfdog6Chinook7Picardy Shepherd8Dutch Shepherd9Hovawart10Belgian Malinois11Bergamasco Sheepdog12Cretan Tracer

Closeness 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.

3 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.