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Allotype — can refer to: * In zoological nomenclature, an allotype is a specimen of the opposite sex to the holotype, designated from among paratypes (not regulated by ICBN or ICZN) * In immunology, an immunoglobulin allotype … Wikipedia
allotype — [a(l)lɔtip] n. m. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe (1974, in la Clé des mots); de allo , et type. ❖ ♦ Biol. Se dit de cellules dont les protéines ont une spécificité antigénique variable dans une même espèce … Encyclopédie Universelle
Allotype — Un allotype (du grec « autre forme ») est une particularité permettant de différencier des individus au sein d une même espèce. Cette particularité est donc un phénotype dû à la présence, dans le génome de l individu, de l allèle… … Wikipédia en Français
allotype — noun a) A specimen that exemplifies the opposite sex of the holotype. b) An immunoglobulin allotype is the allele of the antibody chains found in the individual … Wiktionary
allotype — noun Date: 1960 an alloantigen that is part of a plasma protein (as an antibody) • allotypic adjective • allotypically adverb • allotypy noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
allotype — a paratype of opposite sex to the holotype and originally designated by the author, a term not regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature … Dictionary of ichthyology
allotype — n. [Gr. allos, other; typos, type] A paratype of the opposite sex to the holotype … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
allotype — Allelic variants of antigenic determinant(s) found on antibody chains of some, but not all, members of a species, which are inherited as simple Mendelian traits … Dictionary of microbiology
allotype — Products of one or more alleles that can be detected as inherited variants of a particular molecule. Usually the usage is restricted to those immunoglobulins that can be separately detected antigenically. See also idiotype. In humans light chain… … Dictionary of molecular biology
allotype — allotypic /al euh tip ik/, adj. allotypically, adv. allotypy /al euh tuy pee/, n. /al euh tuyp /, n. 1. Biol. a type specimen of the sex opposite to that of the holotype. 2. Immunol. an antibody of a given class having certain molecular sites… … Universalium
