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... period ( days ) Interval between copulations Starved males Fed males 78.1 ± 11.4 88.8 ± 4.8 50.9 ± 7.6 79.5 ± 4.6 ... period is much longer and the post - copulatory period is much shorter ; thus they copulate more often than unfed males ...
... period ( days ) Interval between copulations Starved males Fed males 78.1 ± 11.4 88.8 ± 4.8 50.9 ± 7.6 79.5 ± 4.6 ... period is much longer and the post - copulatory period is much shorter ; thus they copulate more often than unfed males ...
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... periods : preoviposition and oviposition . The preoviposition period is the time between the detachment of the tick from the host and the appearance of the first egg ; the oviposition period is the time during which eggs are laid ...
... periods : preoviposition and oviposition . The preoviposition period is the time between the detachment of the tick from the host and the appearance of the first egg ; the oviposition period is the time during which eggs are laid ...
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... period of feeding . During this feeding period large amounts of blood are taken up by the tick . Some of the blood is stored in the midgut lumen and some is stored in the digestive cells which have greatly reduced their digestive ...
... period of feeding . During this feeding period large amounts of blood are taken up by the tick . Some of the blood is stored in the midgut lumen and some is stored in the digestive cells which have greatly reduced their digestive ...
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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