A phylogenomic analysis of Marek's disease virus reveals independent paths to virulence in Eurasia and North America

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Marek Disease 100%
• Phylogeny 79%
• North America 70%
• Virulence 57%
• Viruses 44%
• Agriculture 15%
• Chickens 12%
• Poultry Diseases 11%
• Vaccination 10%
• Herpesviridae 7%

Agriculture & Biology

• Mardivirus 90%
• Eurasia 80%
• virulence 53%
• viruses 16%
• vaccination 14%
• chickens 11%
• intensive farming 10%
• Herpesviridae 9%
• pathogens 9%
• disease control 7%
• poultry 7%
• case studies 7%
• farming systems 6%
• history 6%
• mutation 5%
• phenotype 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• North America 51%
• analysis 17%
• vaccination 15%
• pathogen 11%
• poultry farming 10%
• farming technique 9%
• intensive farming 8%
• phenotype 6%
• mutation 5%
• fitness 5%
• phylogeny 5%
• infection 5%
• substitution 5%