wild type

noun

, Genetics.

1. an organism having an appearance that is characteristic of the species in a natural breeding population.
2. the form or forms of a gene commonly occurring in nature in a given species.

wild type

noun

1. biology the typical form of a species of organism resulting from breeding under natural conditions

Other Words From

• wild-type adjective

Example Sentences

Studying a ribosome variant within Bacillus subtilis called "L22," the researchers found that competition for magnesium hinders the growth of L22 more than a normal "wild type" ribosome that is not resistant to antibiotics.

From Science Daily

For example, it may be possible to chelate magnesium ions from bacterial environments, which should selectively inhibit resistant strains without impacting the wild type bacteria that may be beneficial to our health.

From Science Daily

“We have built good mosquitoes that do not bite, that do not transmit disease. And when we release these friendly mosquitoes, they seek out and mate with wild type female mosquitoes,” Oxitec head Grey Frandsen told the BBC.

From BBC

Planned after wild type 2 poliovirus had been eradicated, the switch—which the report calls “the largest coordinated public health effort in history”—was like a trial run for that ultimate goal.

From Science Magazine

The problem was, fused kinase A and its "wild type" form are nearly identical, so "any drug you developed that blocks fused kinase A activity would affect all kinase A, including in normal cells," Neumayer says.

From Science Daily