Japanese Chin
Placed on this panel from 6 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Japanese Akita, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 99.6% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to Japanese Chin.
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 Japanese Chin really is to anything.
1
Japanese Akita2
Shiba Inu3
Kishu4
American Akita5
Chow Chow6
Kai Ken7
Thai Ridgeback8
Pekingese9
Chinese Shar-Pei10
Shih Tzu11
Lhasa Apso12
Greenland Dog
Japanese Akita2Shiba Inu3Kishu4American Akita5Chow Chow6Kai Ken7Thai Ridgeback8Pekingese9Chinese Shar-Pei10Shih Tzu11Lhasa Apso12Greenland DogCloseness 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.