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<genetics> The naturally-occuring, normal, non-mutated version of a gene.
The original parent strain of a virus, bacteria, fruit fly, mouse, or other laboratory test organism. Often refers to how organisms are found naturally, in the wild, before mutations were induced by researchers.
(09 Oct 1997)
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