Slovak Cuvac
Placed on this panel from 7 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Polish Tatra Sheepdog, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 0.7% of this tree.
The 12 breeds nearest to Slovak Cuvac.
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 Slovak Cuvac really is to anything.
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Polish Tatra Sheepdog2
Kuvasz3
Saluki4
Turkish Mastiff5
Sloughi6
Anatolian Shepherd Dog7
Kars8
Akbash9
South Russian Ovcharka10
Central Asian Shepherd Dog11
Sarplaninac12
Caucasian Ovcharka
Polish Tatra Sheepdog2Kuvasz3Saluki4Turkish Mastiff5Sloughi6Anatolian Shepherd Dog7Kars8Akbash9South Russian Ovcharka10Central Asian Shepherd Dog11Sarplaninac12Caucasian OvcharkaCloseness 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.