Sarplaninac
Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Saluki, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 4.7% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to Sarplaninac.
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 Sarplaninac really is to anything.
Saluki2
Turkish Mastiff3
Central Asian Shepherd Dog4
Anatolian Shepherd Dog5
Akbash6
Kars7
Caucasian Ovcharka8
Turkish Zerdava9
Thai Ridgeback10
South Russian Ovcharka11
Sloughi12
ZagarCloseness 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.