clade

noun

ˈklād

: a group of biological taxa (such as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor

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That’s deadlier than the 1% to 3% mortality rate for clade 2, which caused most infections in the 2022 outbreak. —

Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2024 This outbreak involves a subtype called clade Ib, a relatively new strain that causes more severe disease. —

Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024 On 15 August, Sweden reported that a person who had traveled to Africa returned with a clade Ib mpox infection as well. —

Byjon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024 There is now a larger outbreak of a different clade in Africa. —

Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clade

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek kládos "branch, sprig, frond," after cladogenesis — more at clado-

Note: The term was introduced by Julian huxley in "The Three Types of Evolutionary Process," Nature, vol. 180, no. 4584 (September 7, 1957), p. 455.

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of clade was in 1911

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