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Engorged females lose weight prior to oviposition , and this may mask active
uptake , and the egg mass weight is less than the weight of the female so no
obvious uptake occurs during this time . Also , salivary gland degeneration has
been ...
Engorged females lose weight prior to oviposition , and this may mask active
uptake , and the egg mass weight is less than the weight of the female so no
obvious uptake occurs during this time . Also , salivary gland degeneration has
been ...
Page 196
... x Engorged female weight 17.34 No. of eggs = 0.663 x Engorged female
weight – 21.422 0.948 0.945 + Correlations ... established either with the
estimated weight of the bloodmeal ( difference between the weights of the
engorged female ...
... x Engorged female weight 17.34 No. of eggs = 0.663 x Engorged female
weight – 21.422 0.948 0.945 + Correlations ... established either with the
estimated weight of the bloodmeal ( difference between the weights of the
engorged female ...
Page 412
18.6.1 Molting and post - molt behavior of engorged ticks Observations on
confined ticks exposed under field conditions showed an average maximum
molting time of engorged nymphs to be about 33 days during most summer
months ( Fig .
18.6.1 Molting and post - molt behavior of engorged ticks Observations on
confined ticks exposed under field conditions showed an average maximum
molting time of engorged nymphs to be about 33 days during most summer
months ( Fig .
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Contents
Table of Contents | 13 |
The cell biology of the ixodid tick salivary gland | 22 |
Salivary gland degeneration in the female tick Amblyomma hebraeum | 46 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Morphology, Physiology, and Behavioral Biology of Ticks Acarology Series Ellis Horwood Series in Entomology and Acarology Ellis Horwood series in acarology Open University Press Robotics Series |
| Author | J. Alexander Hair |
| Editors | John R. Sauer, J. Alexander Hair |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | E. Horwood, 1986 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 21 Apr 2011 |
| ISBN | 0470203277, 9780470203279 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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