clade

Also known as monophyletic group, monophyletic taxon, evolutionary clade

groupe d'organismes monophylétiques composé d'un ancêtre commun et de tous ses descendants linéaires

AI overview

A clade is a group of organisms that includes a common ancestor and all of its descendants, shown as branches on a tree diagram. Scientists use clades to understand evolutionary relationships because they reveal which species are most closely related by shared ancestry.

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Vinony's link graph records 5,713 inbound references to clade, and connects out to monophyly, eukaryote and extinction.

It sits within the topics 1950s neologisms, Evolutionary biology terminology and Philosophy of biology.

Vinony links it to 72 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxonomic rank
Subclass of: taxon
Part of: cladistics
Image: Cladogram Crocodilia NL.PNG

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topic has template: Template:Clade
manifestation of: monophyly
has characteristic: monophyly

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Un clade (du grec ancien : κλάδος / kládos, « branche »), aussi appelé groupe monophylétique, est un groupe d'organismes, vivants ou ayant vécu, comprenant un organisme particulier et la totalité de ses descendants.

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