epitype

== English == === Noun === epitype (plural epitypes) (taxonomy) An additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient. (genetics, epigenetics) An epigenetic alteration in a gene. ==== Related terms ==== epitypification epitypify ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Holotype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Somatic epitype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia