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Definition of Marek's disease in English: Marek's diseasenoun ˈmarɛksˈmariks mass nounAn infectious disease of poultry caused by a herpesvirus, which attacks nerves and causes paralysis or initiates widespread tumour formation. Example sentencesExamples - ARS researchers discovered that a herpes virus caused Marek's disease in poultry.
- ‘The final step, after the maps are made and all the genes are sequenced, is to identify genes that influence the trait you're looking for - in this case resistance to Marek's disease,’ says Cheng.
- A SacI polymorphism in the fourth intron of the gene was reported to be associated with the number of tissues with tumors in Marek's disease virus-infected White Leghorn chickens.
- In an advance that could usher in new vaccines for protecting poultry, Agricultural Research Service scientists have sequenced the genetic code of the chicken herpesvirus that causes Marek's disease.
Origin 1960s: named after Josef Marek (1868–1952), Hungarian veterinary surgeon. Definition of Marek's disease in US English: Marek's diseasenounˈmariks An infectious disease of poultry caused by a herpesvirus, which attacks nerves and causes paralysis or initiates widespread tumor formation. Example sentencesExamples - A SacI polymorphism in the fourth intron of the gene was reported to be associated with the number of tissues with tumors in Marek's disease virus-infected White Leghorn chickens.
- In an advance that could usher in new vaccines for protecting poultry, Agricultural Research Service scientists have sequenced the genetic code of the chicken herpesvirus that causes Marek's disease.
- ARS researchers discovered that a herpes virus caused Marek's disease in poultry.
- ‘The final step, after the maps are made and all the genes are sequenced, is to identify genes that influence the trait you're looking for - in this case resistance to Marek's disease,’ says Cheng.
Origin 1960s: named after Josef Marek (1868–1952), Hungarian veterinary surgeon. |