wild type

See also: wildtype and wild-type

English

Alternative forms

• wild-type
• wildtype

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Noun

wild type (plural wild types)

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

Related terms

• in the wild

See also

• garden variety