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  • A clade (from ancient Greek κλάδος, klados, "branch") is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil organisms, to describe a monophyletic group, defined as a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants.

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  • Wikipedia: Cladistics (ancient Greek: κλάδος, klados, "branch") is a form of biological systematics which classifies living organisms on the basis of shared ancestry.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Cladistics (ancient Greek: κλάδος, klados, "branch") is a form of biological systematics which classifies living organisms on the basis of shared ancestry.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Cladistics (ancient Greek: κλάδος, klados, "branch") is a form of biological systematics that classifies species of organisms into hierarchical monophyletic groups.

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  • In biological systematics, a clade (from ancient Greek κλάδος, klados, "branch") signifies a single "branch" on the "Tree of life", a group composed of a single ancestor and all its descendants.

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