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wild type
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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.

wild type
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology the typical form of a species of organism resulting from breeding under natural conditions


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Genotoxic chemicals can delay cellular proliferation in DNA-repair-deficient clones more significantly than in wild-type cells by interfering with DNA replication, thereby inducing DNA damage.
In the study, they used a mouse model to analyse the role of type 1 interferons in IFN a/ receptor-deficient and wild-type mice challenged with two avian influenza A viruses isolated from humans (HK/483 and HK/486).
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