clade
pronunciation
How to pronounce clade in British English:
UK [kleɪd]
How to pronounce clade in American English:
US [kleɪd]
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- Noun:
- a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
Word Origin
- clade (n.)
- "group of organisms evolved from a common ancestor," 1957, from Greek klados "young branch, offshoot of a plant, shoot broken off," from PIE *kele-, possibly from root *kel- (1) "to strike, cut" (see holt).
Example
- 1. This clade contains cricetulus barabensis ( and presumably the related csokolovi ) and cricetulus longicaudatus .
- 2. Diversity and ecological functions of roseobacter clade in upper marine ecosystems in polar regions .
- 3. Other genera , such as zupaysaurus and dracovenator , have since been assigned to this family , though the group has never been given a phylogenetic definition and is not currently a clade .