Finnish Spitz
Placed on this panel from 6 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Norrbottenspitz, 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 Finnish Spitz.
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 Finnish Spitz really is to anything.
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Norrbottenspitz2
Greenland Dog3
Chow Chow4
Alaskan Malamute5
Samoyed6
Japanese Akita7
Kishu8
Thai Ridgeback9
Shiba Inu10
American Akita11
Eurasier12
Swedish White Elkhound
Norrbottenspitz2Greenland Dog3Chow Chow4Alaskan Malamute5Samoyed6Japanese Akita7Kishu8Thai Ridgeback9Shiba Inu10American Akita11Eurasier12Swedish White ElkhoundCloseness 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.