wild type
- an 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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The wild-type mice were given random compounds, along with half of the mutants.
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The F1 (wild-type) flies from bow male by arc female were inbred.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
Yellow sable males were bred to wild females and F1 consisted of wild-type males and females.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
When a dot male with vermilion eyes was bred to a wild female the offspring were wild-type males and females.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
The wild-type daughters were back-crossed to double recessive males and gave the results (mass cultures) shown in table 13.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
But that they are genetically different mutations is at once shown on crossing any two, when wild-type offspring are produced.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
wild type
- biology the typical form of a species of organism resulting from breeding under natural conditions
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wild type
(wīld)- The typical form of an organism, strain, gene, or characteristic as it occurs in nature, as distinguished from mutant forms that may result from selective breeding.
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