: a group of biological taxa (such as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor
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Phylogenetic analyses yield conflicting results: some position it near the base of squamates, others as a distant relative separate from both major lizard clades and snakes, highlighting the limits of fragmentary amber fossils.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The sequence for the Wyoming case was also determined to represent clade 2.3.4.4.b and genotype D1.1.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2025
These viruses belonged to two clades (genetic lineages): 2.3.2.1c and 2.3.4.4b.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Scrub mints are a clade – a group of organisms that share a common ancestor.
—Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The sequence for the Wyoming case was also determined to represent clade 2.3.4.4.b and genotype D1.1.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2025
These viruses belonged to two clades (genetic lineages): 2.3.2.1c and 2.3.4.4b.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Scrub mints are a clade – a group of organisms that share a common ancestor.
—Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Clade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clade. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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