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Paratype vs Paratope - What's the difference?

paratype | paratope |

As nouns the difference between paratype and paratope

is that paratype is (biology) a specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description while paratope is (biochemistry) that part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen.

paratype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A specimen of an organism that is used as the basis of a taxonomic description

    • See also

    *holotype

    paratope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) That part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen

    • See also

    *epitope