clade

noun

ˈklād

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

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The clade Ib strain of the virus was confirmed by health authorities in the southern state of Kerala after being detected last week in a 38-year-old man who had recently traveled to Dubai. —

Manveena Suri and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024 The clade Ib virus soon spilled over to neighboring countries, and now is the main strain spreading through Africa. —

Byjon Cohen, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024 The outbreak was caused by clade II mpox viruses, which, between the two mpox clades that exist, is the relatively mild one, causing far fewer deaths. —

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024 The outbreak in Congo began with the spread of clade I, a strain that is endemic in central Africa and known to be more transmissible. —

Reuters, NBC News, 14 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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