Saint Bernard
Placed on this panel from 12 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Landseer — but drop any one of the sequenced dogs behind this breed and a different one comes first, so naming a single closest breed would be a lie of precision. The top of this list is a tie.
The 12 breeds nearest to Saint Bernard.
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 Saint Bernard really is to anything.
1
Landseer2
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog3
Leonberger4
Pyrenean Mastiff5
Bernese Mountain Dog6
Mastiff7
Broholmer8
Bullmastiff9
Dogue de Bordeaux10
Cane Corso11
Entlebucher Mountain Dog12
Appenzeller Sennenhund
Landseer2Greater Swiss Mountain Dog3Leonberger4Pyrenean Mastiff5Bernese Mountain Dog6Mastiff7Broholmer8Bullmastiff9Dogue de Bordeaux10Cane Corso11Entlebucher Mountain Dog12Appenzeller SennenhundCloseness 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.