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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The typical form of an organism, strain, gene, or characteristic as it occurs in nature, as distinguished from mutant forms.
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- noun biology The
typical form of anorganism ,strain ,gene orcharacteristic as it occurs innature
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