Translation guide
A group of organisms consisting of a common ancestor and all its descendants. In Japanese, this is primarily a technical term in biology, expressed with the loanword クレード or the native term 分岐群.
Referring to a monophyletic group in evolutionary biology, including an ancestor and all its descendants.
The most common and direct loanword from English, widely used in scientific contexts.
このクレードには多くの種が含まれている。
This clade includes many species.
A native Japanese term meaning 'branching group', used in academic biology.
Literally 'monophyletic group', emphasizing the shared ancestry. More precise but less common as a direct translation of 'clade'.
この単系統群は共通祖先を持つ。
This monophyletic group has a common ancestor.
In everyday conversation, the concept of a clade is rarely discussed. If you need to explain the idea to a non-biologist, you might use a phrase like 共通祖先から進化したグループ (a group that evolved from a common ancestor) instead of the technical term.
このグループは共通祖先から進化した。
This group evolved from a common ancestor.
この分岐群は単系統である。
This clade is monophyletic.