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Clade

In biology, a clade (/kleɪd/) (from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos) 'branch'), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach to taxonomy adopted by most biological fields.

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Naming and etymology

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Clades and phylogenetic trees

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Viruses

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Clade

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples46
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1

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Clade

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related to External links · 10
Clade → An, Berkeley, California, DM Hillis, Evolving Thoughts, Gutell, Phylogenetic, Tree, University, Zwickl
related to history · 10
Clade → Darwin's, Darwinian Linnaean, In, Julian Huxley, Linnaeus's, Many, Systema Naturae, The, Thomas Henry Huxley, With
related to Viruses · 8
Clade → Africa, Americas, Europe, HIV, Japan, RNA, These, Viruses
related to Terminology · 6
Clade → Basal, In, It, The, This, Two
related to Clades and phylogenetic trees · 4
Clade → Ernst Mayr, Phylogenetic, The, Three
related to Naming and etymology · 4
Clade → Bernhard Rensch, Huxley, Julian Huxley, The
related to Age · 3
Clade → Ages, The, They
related to Definition · 1
Clade → The

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clades cladistics organisms monophyletic ancestor evolutionary phylogenetic species common biology also basal branches classification taxonomy nomenclature age see crown naming

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Claderelated to AgeThe0.60section
Claderelated to AgeAges0.60section
Claderelated to AgeThey0.60section
Claderelated to Clades and phylogenetic treesThe0.60section
Claderelated to Clades and phylogenetic treesErnst Mayr0.60section
Claderelated to Clades and phylogenetic treesThree0.60section
Claderelated to Clades and phylogenetic treesPhylogenetic0.60section
Claderelated to DefinitionThe0.60section
Claderelated to External linksEvolving Thoughts0.60section
Claderelated to External linksDM Hillis0.60section
Claderelated to External linksZwickl0.60section
Claderelated to External linksGutell0.60section

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