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transplanted females contained large brown oocytes . Thus , transplantation has
a stimulating effect on vitellogenesis but not on oviposition . Unfortunately ,
however , this effect does not seem to be specific . In fact , implantation of brains
from ...
transplanted females contained large brown oocytes . Thus , transplantation has
a stimulating effect on vitellogenesis but not on oviposition . Unfortunately ,
however , this effect does not seem to be specific . In fact , implantation of brains
from ...
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It seems that in all Ixodes species the unfed male can fertilize the female ( Arthur
1962 , Balashov 1968 ) . Until recently is was believed that all Metastriata ticks ,
males as well as females , were required to feed for some time before copulation
.
It seems that in all Ixodes species the unfed male can fertilize the female ( Arthur
1962 , Balashov 1968 ) . Until recently is was believed that all Metastriata ticks ,
males as well as females , were required to feed for some time before copulation
.
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Thus , the male has no further opportunity for copulating with the same female . In
the laboratory , on the other hand , males have often been observed to remain on
the host for weeks or months after all engorged females descended . The male ...
Thus , the male has no further opportunity for copulating with the same female . In
the laboratory , on the other hand , males have often been observed to remain on
the host for weeks or months after all engorged females descended . The male ...
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The cell biology of the ixodid tick salivary gland | 22 |
2 | 46 |
The paralyzing toxin and other immunogens of the tick Ixodes holocyclus | 75 |
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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 | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0470203277, 9780470203279 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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