Two clades of beetles split off from a node more recently than these clades diverged from other clades.Thus, these clades are _______ clades.

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Sister clades are groups of organisms that share an immediate common ancestor and hence are each other's closest relatives. In this scenario, the two clades of beetles that split off from a node more recently than they diverged from other clades are considered sister clades because they share a more recent common ancestor with each other than with any other clade.

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