Kuvasz
Placed on this panel from 7 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Slovak Cuvac, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 1.1% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to Kuvasz.
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 Kuvasz really is to anything.
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Slovak Cuvac2
Akbash3
Saluki4
Turkish Mastiff5
South Russian Ovcharka6
Central Asian Shepherd Dog7
Anatolian Shepherd Dog8
Caucasian Ovcharka9
Kars10
Turkish Zerdava11
Sloughi12
Sarplaninac
Slovak Cuvac2Akbash3Saluki4Turkish Mastiff5South Russian Ovcharka6Central Asian Shepherd Dog7Anatolian Shepherd Dog8Caucasian Ovcharka9Kars10Turkish Zerdava11Sloughi12SarplaninacCloseness 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.