wild type
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5.5
- adjective
- /waɪld taɪp/
- Specialized
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tipo salvaje
- Wild-type organisms are often used in experiments to understand the normal functions of genes.
- wild type and mutant
- wild-type ribozyme
- wild-type reporter
Examples
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In the absence of the herbicide, resistant individuals were less fit than wild-type plants, particularly in a high-density competitive environment, supporting the hypothesis that an increased photosynthetic rate results in increased fitness.
Academic text (2000) -
The strain with intact csaA, known as the wild-type strain (so called because it is the typical form), ended up in the stalk.
Academic text (2007) -
Once optimized, we looked at expression in the open flowers of wild type and cbl10 plants.
Blog text (18) -
The relative survival of the wild type and mutant is assessed in each microcosm.
Academic text (1995) -
By generation 10, the population as a whole cleaved DNA 30 times better than the wild-type ribozyme.
Academic text (1993) -
Hence, in that mixture, the wild-type amoebas are the more altruistic ones.
Academic text (2007) -
The moderately tolerant mutants had smaller and thicker leaves than the wild type.
Academic text (1995) -
Sure enough, when we mixed the knockout with wild-type cells, the knockout was overrepresented among the spore-forming cells at the slug stage.
Academic text (2007) -
We validated the binding sites by constructing COX-2 promoter luciferase reporters with wild-type or mutant HRE.
Academic text (2014) -
During these studies, we found that this method gave some false-positive results for the codon 52 mutation analyses: some wild-type individuals were shown as codon 52 heterozygotes.
Academic text (1997)
How Modified
- Specialized
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7.5
- Specialized
27
4.1
- Specialized
66
6.5
- Specialized
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5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'the naturally occurring or standard form' is directly derivable from combining 'wild' (natural, untamed) with 'type' (a class or form). Although used as a technical genetics term, the core meaning 'natural form/variant' follows straightforward composition and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Wild type as an adjective comes from the simple idea of the usual form found in nature: wild means 'in nature' and type means 'form'. So it means the 'normal' or 'not changed' version of a gene or organism.