WILD TYPE


Meaning of WILD TYPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1914

: 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

• wild-type adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.