Golden Retriever
Placed on this panel from 6 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Flat-Coated Retriever, 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 Golden Retriever.
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 Golden Retriever really is to anything.
1
Flat-Coated Retriever2
Labrador Retriever3
Newfoundland4
Landseer5
Curly-Coated Retriever6
Irish Setter7
Irish Water Spaniel8
Chesapeake Bay Retriever9
Sussex Spaniel10
Broholmer11
Cocker Spaniel12
English Setter
Flat-Coated Retriever2Labrador Retriever3Newfoundland4Landseer5Curly-Coated Retriever6Irish Setter7Irish Water Spaniel8Chesapeake Bay Retriever9Sussex Spaniel10Broholmer11Cocker Spaniel12English SetterCloseness 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.