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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- wild-type, adjective
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Among the non-hospitalized patients, immune responses were still strong enough to prevent disease when it came to the wild type virus and the Alpha variant.
Recovery From Severe COVID-19 May Provide Better Future Protection Against Some Variants | Jeffrey Kluger | September 7, 2021 | TimeFor the wild type, the response was uniform—and encouraging.
Recovery From Severe COVID-19 May Provide Better Future Protection Against Some Variants | Jeffrey Kluger | September 7, 2021 | TimeAll subjects showed weaker immunity to the variants compared to the wild type.
Recovery From Severe COVID-19 May Provide Better Future Protection Against Some Variants | Jeffrey Kluger | September 7, 2021 | TimeThe wild-type mice were given random compounds, along with half of the mutants.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice | Elizabeth Lopatto | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut killing bacteria, especially fully armed wild-type bacteria?
Worried About Incurable Tuberculosis? Stand By for Incurable Everything. | Megan McArdle | March 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The F1 (wild-type) flies from bow male by arc female were inbred.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila | Thomas Hunt MorganWhether the latter represents a truly wild type now extinct, cannot be determined.
When yellow (not-sable) females were mated to (not-yellow) sable males they gave wild-type (gray) daughters and yellow sons.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila | Thomas Hunt MorganSable males of the purified stock were mated to wild females and gave wild-type (gray) males and females.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila | Thomas Hunt MorganYellow sable males were bred to wild females and F1 consisted of wild-type males and females.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila | Thomas Hunt Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for wild type
biology the typical form of a species of organism resulting from breeding under natural conditions
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