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Homeotype

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homoeotypenounAlternative form of homeotype. [(biology) A specimen identified as belonging to a certain taxon by an authority who compared it directly with a primary type specimen (usually the holotype).]
isotypenoun(immunology) A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins
holotypenoun(taxonomy) The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used to formally describe the species (or lower-order taxon), subsequently to be kept as a reference.
topotypenoun(geology) type locality
hypotypenoun(taxonomy) A specimen, whose details have been previously published, which is not part of the original type series of the species.
lectotypenoun(taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
paratypenoun(taxonomy) A physical specimen (or an illustration) that is not the holotype but is considered the same taxon by the author of the holotype.
allotypenoun(immunology) An immunoglobulin allotype; the allele of the antibody chains found in an individual.
neotypenoun(taxonomy) A new specimen of a previously described species which, in order to maintain nomenclatural stability or solve doubtful or confusing identities, is designated to serve as the type specimen, possibly replacing a previous holotype or neotype
paratopotypenoun(biology) A paratype found in the same locality as the holotype
syntypenoun(taxonomy) Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype.
homotypenoun(biology) That which has the same fundamental type of structure as something else.
ideotypenoun(cognitive science) A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli
orthotypenoun(taxonomy) The original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.
tectotypenoun(taxonomy, biology, rare) A type specimen explicitly designated to show microscopic structure.
metatypenoun(programming) The type of a type.
type specimennoun(taxonomy) A specimen whose characteristics are used to describe and name a species
cotypenoun(taxonomy, dated) A syntype or paratype.
plastoholotypenoun(biology) An artificial mould or copy of a holotype specimen.
hapantotypenoun(taxonomy) Any of two or more type specimens of protistans, where the type consists of two or more specimens of directly related individuals representing distinct stages in the life cycle, and collectively treated as a single entity. Lectotypes cannot be designated from among them.

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