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vector
- A living organism (e.g., insect, mite, bird, higher animal, nematode, parasitic plant, human) able to carry and transmit a pathogen and disseminate disease.
- In genetic engineering, a vector or cloning vehicle is a self-replicating DNA molecule, such as a plasmid or virus, used to introduce a fragment of foreign DNA into a host cell.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Plants
- Category: Plant pathology
- Company: American Phytopathological Society
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