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Usually such genetic relation graphs are made based on selected DNA sequences/genes, and does not represents the whole DNA (which would be the same for all dog- and wolf-types up to 9x%). So the accuracy of the study will depend entirely on the set of genes selected for testing for the actual study.Pleonasm said:Shiba dog's DNA found to be most similar to the Wolf but...
Without the raw data that graph (study) has very-very limited scientific value now.
With time (and with the amount of relevant studies growing) the information about the relevance of the different genes is growing so the accuracy of such claims will be improved too. But I'm afraid the early DNA based studies might has a decent amount of wishful thinking in them due the lack of information about relevance of specific genes.