clade.
A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
Meaning & usage
A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”). Coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957 in a paper titled The Three Types of Evolutionary Process in Nature. Doublet of cladus and possibly holt.
To be part of a clade; to form a clade.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”). Coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957 in a paper titled The Three Types of Evolutionary Process in Nature. Doublet of cladus and possibly holt.
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