wild type (English, noun)
expansion: wild type (plural wild types)
Senses:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The typical form of an organism, strain, gene or characteristic as it occurs in nature.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: 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).
Forms:
form: wild types
tags: plural
form: wild-type
tags: alternative
form: wildtype
tags: alternative