Clade: Related organisms descended from a common ancestor. For example, isolate M of HIV-1 (the human immunodeficiency virus) consists of at least ten clades. Imported from the Greek, klados, branch in 1911 in reference to the Tree of Life.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( klÄd ) n. A group of organisms, such as a species, whose members share homologous features derived from a common ...
Definition of CLADE: a group of biological taxa (as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor . Origin of CLADE. Greek klados. First Known Use: 1911
noun Biology . a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor. Origin: 1957; < Greek kládos ...
A clade is a group with a single common ancestor. A common example of a clade would be...
A clade (from Ancient Greek. klados, "branch") is a group consisting of an organism and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics