wild type
noun
: a phenotype, genotype, or gene that predominates in a natural population of organisms or strain of organisms in contrast to that of natural or laboratory mutant forms
also
: an organism or strain displaying the wild type
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When wild type 1 poliovirus jumped from Pakistan to Malawi and Mozambique in 2022, GPEI was on it immediately, quickly snuffing out the outbreak.
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Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 7 May 2024
Reintroducing wild type variants of the gene into the sequences of mutants resulted in the reversion back to wild type phenotype.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2011
And since then, that wild type has mutated.
—Donna M. Owens, Essence, 14 July 2021
Perinatal cerebrovascular fetal lesions was observed in two fetuses after infection with SARS-CoV-2 (wild type).
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
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Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 7 May 2024
Reintroducing wild type variants of the gene into the sequences of mutants resulted in the reversion back to wild type phenotype.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2011
And since then, that wild type has mutated.
—Donna M. Owens, Essence, 14 July 2021
Perinatal cerebrovascular fetal lesions was observed in two fetuses after infection with SARS-CoV-2 (wild type).
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
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“Wild type.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wild%20type. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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