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IDIOTYPE

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 Definition: 
  1. Any specimen which is not the holotype and which was not collected from the same location as the holotype, but which has been determined to be a member of the same taxon as the holotype by the original author of the holotype name.
  2. The characteristics of an antibody that make it unique; the idiotype is determined by the antibody's idiotope.
 
 Synonyms: adj. idiotypic, ideotype
 

 

 

 

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