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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 — [al′ō tīp΄, al′ətīp΄] n. 1. Immunology a genetic variant, esp. an antibody that acts as an antigen when introduced into the bodies of most other individuals of the same species 2. Taxonomy an animal or plant specimen that shows physical… … English World dictionary
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 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
