wild type

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wild type

noun wild types · wild-type · wildtype

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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@misc{wild_type_2026,
  title = {wild type},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20type},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}