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... mouthparts to help regulate the hemolymph ion concentrations and osmotic pressure as water is lost under desiccating conditions . Most of the water used to carry the salts to the mouthparts would be reclaimed when the tick encounters a ...
... mouthparts to help regulate the hemolymph ion concentrations and osmotic pressure as water is lost under desiccating conditions . Most of the water used to carry the salts to the mouthparts would be reclaimed when the tick encounters a ...
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... mouthparts being sufficiently hydrophilic is the evidence that the CEA changes as the tick ages ( see section 5.4 ) . In fact , if the CEA does change then this seems to favor a salivary fluid which becomes less hydroscopic as the ...
... mouthparts being sufficiently hydrophilic is the evidence that the CEA changes as the tick ages ( see section 5.4 ) . In fact , if the CEA does change then this seems to favor a salivary fluid which becomes less hydroscopic as the ...
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... mouthparts perform an essential role in this process . However there are differences in the method of transfer between ixodids and argasids . Argasids use their mouthparts to transfer the spermatophore the whole distance from male to ...
... mouthparts perform an essential role in this process . However there are differences in the method of transfer between ixodids and argasids . Argasids use their mouthparts to transfer the spermatophore the whole distance from male to ...
Contents
Table of Contents | 13 |
Ticks on reptiles a difference of scale | 17 |
The cell biology of the ixodid tick salivary gland | 22 |
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20-hydroxyecdysone Acari acid acini acinus activity adenylate cyclase adult Aeschlimann Amblyomma americanum andersoni anti-tick antibodies antigen apolar arboreus Argas argasid Balashov basal Binnington Biochem bloodmeal Boophilus microplus cheliceral concentration copulation cuticle cycle Dermacentor variabilis Diehl digestive cells dromedarii ecdysone ecdysteroids eggs engorged Entomol enzyme extracts fed virgin Feldman-Muhsam female ticks fraction function Galun genital granules guinea pigs hebraeum hemocoel hemolymph holocyclus hormone host Hyalomma immune induced infestation Insect Physiol Ixodes Ixodes ricinus ixodid ticks Ixodoidea larvae lipid lone star tick lumen male mated females membrane metabolism midgut molting mouthparts nymphs Obenchain oocyte oogenesis Ornithodoros moubata ovary oviposition Parasitol phase pheromone protein receptor reproductive reptile ticks residual bodies ricinus salivary gland Sauer secretory sensilla sensory hairs serum sex pheromone Sonenshine sperm spermatophore studies supermolting tick feeding tick salivary glands tissues titers ultrastructure unfed females uptake variegatum virgin females vitellogenesis vitellogenin weight