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wild-type

wild-type is the alternative spelling of wild type.

Meaning of wild type

Noun

wild type (plural wild types)

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

Forms of wild-type

pluralwild-types

Questions about wild-type

What is wild-type the alternative spelling of?
Wild-type is the alternative spelling of wild type.

Words near wild-type in the dictionary

  1. wild-goose chase
  2. wild-goose chases
  3. wild-goose plum
  4. wild-man
  5. wild-men
  6. wild-type
  7. wild-types
  8. Wildasin
  9. Wildasins
  10. Wildavsky
  11. wildberries

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