Definition of clade
: a group of biological taxa (such as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor
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Typically, clades develop when a species is separated by geological barriers, like drifting continents or rising mountains.
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Their eyes are more similar to the eyes of nocturnal animals in other clades than to the eyes of animals that spend their time in the daylight.
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According to a study published in Ecology and Evolution, the species exists in three genetic sub-groups, or clades.
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When the skunks divided into clades approximately one million years ago, North America was covered with glaciers.
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According to a study published in Ecology and Evolution, the species exists in three genetic sub-groups, or clades.
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Hopes of sequencing the DNA of every living thing on earth are taking a step forward with the announcement of plans to sequence at least 10,000 genomes representing every major clade of plants and eukaryotic microbes.
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This was enough to identify the animal as part of a clade that includes modern-day crocodiles.
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Over millennia, the clade from Egypt and Southwest Asia began to dominate the world.
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Origin and Etymology of clade
Greek klados
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