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.
noun
1.
(biology) the typical form of a species of organism resulting from breeding under natural conditions
wild type n.
The typical form of an organism, strain, gene, or characteristic as it occurs in nature, as distinguished from mutant forms that may result from selective breeding.
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