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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
An epigenetic alteration in a gene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: epigenetics
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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