Editing Prototype (section)

== Natural sciences ==
In many sciences, from pathology to taxonomy, ''prototype'' refers to a disease, species, etc. which sets a good example for the whole category. In biology, ''prototype'' is the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group; an archetype.<ref>[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/prototype prototype] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121213815/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/prototype |date=2013-01-21}}. CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved December 07, 2012.</ref> For example, the [[Senegal bichir]] is regarded as the prototypes of its genus, ''[[Polypterus]]''.