Icelandic Sheepdog
Placed on this panel from 6 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Norwegian Buhund, 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 Icelandic Sheepdog.
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 Icelandic Sheepdog really is to anything.
1
Norwegian Buhund2
Swedish Lapphund3
Swedish Vallhund4
Finnish Spitz5
Norrbottenspitz6
Norwegian Elkhound7
Swedish Elkhound8
Greenland Dog9
German Spitz (Klein & Mittel)10
Japanese Spitz11
German Spitz (Standard & Giant)12
Keeshond
Norwegian Buhund2Swedish Lapphund3Swedish Vallhund4Finnish Spitz5Norrbottenspitz6Norwegian Elkhound7Swedish Elkhound8Greenland Dog9German Spitz (Klein & Mittel)10Japanese Spitz11German Spitz (Standard & Giant)12KeeshondCloseness 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.