"wild type" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wild type.wav [US] Forms: wild types [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wild type (plural wild types)
  1. (biology) The typical form of an organism, strain, gene or characteristic as it occurs in nature; (Mendelian) the phenotype of the heterozygous genotype or homozygous dominant genotype. Wikipedia link: wild type Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: wild-type, wildtype Related terms: in the wild, garden variety
    Sense id: en-wild_type-en-noun-oX8dHN6Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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