Clade

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A clade is a taxonomic group of organisms including a single common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancestor. A branch of a phylogenetic tree. e.g. Progoneata is a clade of millipides including Symphyla, Pauropoda, and Diplopoda

clade in a phylogentic tree

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