clade

UK:  [kleɪd]

US:  [kleɪd]

复数：clades  

n.

1.〔植〕进化枝

2.分化体

3.种系分枝

4.星状骨针分枝

1 . Initially, research will look at designing antibodies against clade C, which could be used in a vaccine, he said.
他说，研究最初将把重点放在设计分支C的抗体，这可能用于疫苗。

2 . The common ancestor of the glass wing is long extinct but the clade it belongs to is known as the clearwing clade .
玻璃翅的共同祖先已灭绝很长时间，但它所属的种类是目前已知的透翅蛾进化枝。

3 . The remaining species form a well-supported clade , which in turn can be divided into smaller groups.
余下的物种形成一个良好的支持分支，这反过来又可以分为较小的团体。

4 . Thus, it could be an ancestral taxon of the Asian clade, which appeared before the diversification of the East Asian species.
因而，它可能是亚洲植物支系中一个祖先的分类单元，出现于亚洲的种分异之前。

5 . The tribe Anatini was a monophyletic group which formed a separate clade during the evolution of Anatinae. 3.
河鸭族为一单系发生群，在系统演化中形成独立的一支。