allotype
Americannoun
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Biology. a type specimen of the sex opposite to that of the holotype.
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Immunology. an antibody of a given class having certain molecular sites shared by only some members of a species and therefore acting as an antigen to other members of the same species.
noun
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biology an additional type specimen selected because of differences from the original type specimen, such as opposite sex or morphological details
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immunol any of the variant forms of a particular immunoglobulin found among members of the same species
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Etymology
Origin of allotype
1915–20; allo- + type; in immunological sense, probably back formation from allotypy < French allotypie, coined in 1956
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