Samoyed
Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Greenland Dog, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 95.3% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to Samoyed.
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 Samoyed really is to anything.
Greenland Dog2
Eurasier3
Chow Chow4
Alaskan Malamute5
Elo6
Japanese Akita7
American Akita8
Shiba Inu9
Kishu10
Thai Ridgeback11
American Eskimo Dog12
Chinese Shar-PeiCloseness 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.