What is "subclade"

n. (context genetics English) A subgroup of a subgenus or haplogroup

In genetics, a subclade is a subgroup of a haplogroup.

Subclade may be

• Subclade, any taxonomic clade which is subordinate to hierarchically higher clades, especially:
• Subclade, a subgroup of a clade
• Subclade, a subgroup of a genetic haplogroup
  • a subgroup of a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup
  • a subgroup of a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup