By definition a clade is see concept 26.3 (page 557) view available hint(s) by definition a clade is see concept 26.3 (page 557) monophyletic paraphyletic polyphyletic parsimonious analogous

A clade is termed as a monophyletic.

 A group which includes ancestral species and its descendants. Clades are nested to one another whereby each branch splits into small branches. The splits reflect evolutionary history as the population evolve independently and diverges.

A good example of a clade is insects or rodents; this is because their name refers to a common ancestor with descendant branches all over. For example rodents, they are the branch of mammals which splits off the end of the period.