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wild type en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. The typical form of an organism, strain, gene or characteristic as it occurs in nature.
  2. The typical form of an organism, strain, gene or characteristic as it occurs in nature. ▸ The phenotype of the dominant allele (heterozygous genotype or homozygous dominant genotype).

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Relateds

in the wild · garden variety