Biology of Ticks, Volume 1This is the first volume of a two-volume work on the basic biology, ecology, disease transmission and control of ticks. Ticks are parasitic insects that infect cattle, birds and people. The health and economic consequences of ticks are so considerable that most land- grant universities have tick laboratories associated with their entomology departments. In addition, state and federal health officials are concerned with disease transmission by ticks. This first volume covers the anatomy, functional morphology, physiology, reproduction, development and ecology of ticks. The descriptions are comprehensive and fully up-to-date. Entomologists, and in particular tick specialists (acarologists), as well as public health officials, will find this work of interest. It will also be extremely useful to advanced students beginning research in these fields. Volume 2 will focus on ticks and disease, with sections on immunological response to tick parasitism, and the control of ticks and disease. |
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EVOLUTION OF TICKS As we have noted previously , the Acari are believed to
have evolved in the late Proterozoic or early Paleozoic eras ( Cambrian or early
Ordovician periods ) , at the time when large , bottom feeding aquatic arthropods
...
EVOLUTION OF TICKS As we have noted previously , the Acari are believed to
have evolved in the late Proterozoic or early Paleozoic eras ( Cambrian or early
Ordovician periods ) , at the time when large , bottom feeding aquatic arthropods
...
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Included are ( 1 ) prohemocytes , small undifferentiated cells believed to give rise
to the other hemocyte types , ( 2 ) plasmatocytes , believed to serve as wandering
phagocytic cells , ( 3 ) granulocytes , hemocytes containing granules in their ...
Included are ( 1 ) prohemocytes , small undifferentiated cells believed to give rise
to the other hemocyte types , ( 2 ) plasmatocytes , believed to serve as wandering
phagocytic cells , ( 3 ) granulocytes , hemocytes containing granules in their ...
Page 158
This step is important since it is believed to mobilize calcium from intracellular
stores . Other changes in the plasma membrane are also believed to be
important . Plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol ( PI ) may be converted to a ...
This step is important since it is believed to mobilize calcium from intracellular
stores . Other changes in the plasma membrane are also believed to be
important . Plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol ( PI ) may be converted to a ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS OF TICKS | 13 |
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDICOLOUS TICKS | 23 |
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| Title | Biology of Ticks, Volume 1 Biology of Ticks, Daniel E. Sonenshine |
| Authors | Daniel E. Sonenshine, Department of Biological Sciences Daniel E Sonenshine |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0195059107, 9780195059106 |
| Length | 472 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Life Sciences / Biology |
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