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wildtype

wildtype 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 wildtype

pluralwildtypes

Questions about wildtype

What is wildtype the alternative spelling of?
Wildtype is the alternative spelling of wild type.

Words near wildtype in the dictionary

  1. wildsome
  2. Wildstein
  3. wildstyle
  4. Wildt
  5. Wildts
  6. wildtype
  7. wildtypes
  8. wildwood
  9. wildwoods
  10. wile
  11. wile away

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