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Definitions for "Wild-type"
Keywords:  phenotype, genotype, allele, mgi, mutation
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Organism as discovered in nature.
ucbiotech.org
Describes the organism as first isolated from nature, prior to introduction of additional mutations. In some genetic studies a natural variant is arbitrarily chosen as the ‚wild-type' point of reference.
els.net
Wild-type describes the genotype or phenotype that is found in nature or in the standard laboratory stock for a given organism. Defined as key term in Genetics 1.1.7 Different alleles can interact to change the phenotype
ergito.com
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