Organism as discovered in nature.

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.

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

Animal or allele that functions normally and represents a common type found in natural populations at a frequency of at least one percent. See Wild Type in the MGI Glossary.

the normal, typical phenotype of a virus or other organism before genetic mutation, manipulation or in vitro replication takes place.

The genotype or phenotype that is found in nature or in the standard laboratory stock for a given organism. The phenotype of a particular organism when first seen in nature.