Morphology, Physiology, and Behavioral Biology of Ticks |
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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 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 ...
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... mouthparts . This cement substance lies between the tick's mouthparts and the host's tissue and is apparently used as an important mechanism to secure and maintain the attachment to the host . The primary holdfast structure is the ...
... mouthparts . This cement substance lies between the tick's mouthparts and the host's tissue and is apparently used as an important mechanism to secure and maintain the attachment to the host . The primary holdfast structure is the ...
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 active uptake adenylate cyclase adult Aeschlimann agranular Amblyomma americanum andersoni anti-tick antibodies antigen arboreus Argas argasid Balashov basal Binnington Biochem bloodmeal body Boophilus microplus cattle cell types cheliceral concentration copulation cuticle cycle Dermacentor variabilis desiccation Diehl digestive cells dopamine dromedarii ecdysone ecdysteroids eggs engorged Entomol enzyme extracts female ticks fluid secretion function Galun genital granules guinea pigs hebraeum hemocoel hemolymph hormone host humidity Hyalomma immune Ixodes holocyclus ixodid ticks Ixodoidea Kaufman Knülle lamellate cells lipid lone star ticks lumen male membrane metabolism midgut molting mouthparts Needham nymphs Obenchain observed oocyte oogenesis oviposition Parasitol phase pheromone protein receptor rehydration ricinus salivary glands Sauer secretory sensilla serum Sonenshine species spermatophore studies temperature tick feeding tick paralysis tick salivary glands tissues type I acini ultrastructure unfed female unfed ticks virgin females vitellogenesis vitellogenin water balance water vapor weight