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clade
[ kleyd ]
noun
- a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
clade
/ kleɪd /
noun
- biology a group of organisms considered as having evolved from a common ancestor
clade
/ klād /
- A grouping of organisms made on the basis of their presumed evolutionary history, rather than purely on shared features. Clades consist of a common ancestor and all its descendants. The class Aves (birds) is a clade, but the class Reptilia (reptiles) is not, since it does not include birds, which are descended from the dinosaurs, a kind of reptile. Many modern taxonomists prefer to use clades in classification, and not all clades correspond to traditional groups like classes, orders, and phyla.
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Example Sentences
She notes that there are two different variants — or clades — of monkeypox.
Many specialist corals can’t bring clade D into their tissues.
One answer, says Tye Pettay, a research scientist at the University of Delaware, is that corals harboring this clade may grow more slowly than those with other clades.
Haec autem plaga Hiberniam quoque insulam pari clade premebat.
In 1825, he formed a partnership with Mr. Edmund Clade, from Buffalo, and retired from active participation in business.
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