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organism having an appearance that is characteristic of the species in a natural breeding population; the form or forms of a gene commonly occurring in nature in a given species

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Usage examples (37)
  • Domestic Mallard - 4 1 wild-type, 3 white Pekin-types
  • But if it's what I think you mean, I'd guess wild-type.
  • - I didn't know you had any sibs; glad you got the wild-type genes!
  • In the mosquito, which Plasmodium grow better: CQR mutants or wild-type?
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