Kai Ken
Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Chow Chow, 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 Kai Ken.
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 Kai Ken really is to anything.
Chow Chow2
Japanese Akita3
Shiba Inu4
American Akita5
Kishu6
Thai Ridgeback7
Chinese Shar-Pei8
Greenland Dog9
Formosan Mountain Dog10
Alaskan Malamute11
Eurasier12
Japanese ChinCloseness 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.
4 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.