Zagar
Placed on this panel from 7 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Akbash — 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 Zagar.
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 Zagar really is to anything.
1
Akbash2
Turkish Mastiff3
Hellenic Hound4
Saluki5
Anatolian Shepherd Dog6
Sarplaninac7
Central Asian Shepherd Dog8
Caucasian Ovcharka9
Kars10
Turkish Zerdava11
Sloughi12
Catalburun
Akbash2Turkish Mastiff3Hellenic Hound4Saluki5Anatolian Shepherd Dog6Sarplaninac7Central Asian Shepherd Dog8Caucasian Ovcharka9Kars10Turkish Zerdava11Sloughi12CatalburunCloseness 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.